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brimstone

/ˈbɹɪmstoʊn/ noun C2
  1. The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Online content of exceptionally poor quality, lower than coal. (countable, uncountable)

Plural brimstones

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Why does not God, if he really hates the wicked, as he is said to do, send down brimstone and fire, and consume them altogether?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 285 · C1

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