Fire-and-brimstone


[fahyuh r-uh n-brim-stohn] /ˈfaɪər ənˈbrɪmˌstoʊn/

adjective
1.
threatening punishment in the hereafter:
a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
adjective
1.
(of a sermon, preacher, etc) zealous, esp in threatening eternal damnation

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