Brimstone

Brimstone

Brimstone is an alternate name for sulfur and may also refer to:
* Fire and brimstone, a pejorative term for hell as preached in Christianity
* "Brimstone" (book), a 2004 novel written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
* "Brimstone" (TV series), a short-lived television series
* Brimstone (wrestler), a professional wrestler and comic book hero
* Brimstone (Transformers), a fictional character in the "" series
* Brimstone (comics), a DC Comics character
* Brimstone missile, an advanced Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)
* Brimstone Moth, the geometer moth "Opisthograptis luteolata"
* Brimstones, butterflies in the genus "Gonepteryx", including the Common Brimstone ("G. rhamni")

ee also

* "Brimstone and Treacle", a 1970s play by Dennis Potter
* Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
* Brimstone Cup, an annual soccer cup
* Brimstone Society, a fictional vampire coven in the video game "Bloodrayne"


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  • Brimstone — MBDA Brimstone Allgemeine Angaben Typ: Luft Bode …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Brimstone — Brim stone, a. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. [1913 Webster] From his brimstone bed at break of day A walking the devil has gone. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Brimstone — Tipo misil anticarro Historia de producción Fabricante …   Wikipedia Español

  • brimstone — or hell or fire and brimstone [brim′stōn΄] n. [ME brimston < OE brynstan: see BURN1 & STONE] SULFUR: now chiefly in the phrases fire and brimstone, hellfire and brimstone, the torments of damnation to hell …   English World dictionary

  • Brimstone — Brim stone, n. [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See {Burn}, v. t., and {Stone}.] Sulphur; See {Sulphur}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • brimstone — O.E. brynstan, from brin stem of brinnen to burn (see BURN (Cf. burn) (v.)) + stan (see STONE (Cf. stone) (n.)). In Middle English the first element also recorded as brem , brom , brum , bren , brin …   Etymology dictionary

  • brimstone — ► NOUN 1) archaic sulphur. 2) a large bright yellow or greenish white butterfly. ORIGIN Old English, probably from bryne «burning» + st n «stone» …   English terms dictionary

  • Brimstone — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Brimstone (« Soufre », en anglais) peut désigner : Brimstone (Read Dead), une ville fictive du jeu vidéo Red Dead Revolver Brimstone (film …   Wikipédia en Français

  • brimstone — 1. adjective Composed of or resembling brimstone; about or pertaining to Hell. [W]ho walked up Aldersgate street to some chapel where she comforts herself with brimstone doctrine. mdash; Charles Dickens, The Uncommercial Traveller 2. noun a)… …   Wiktionary

  • brimstone — [[t]brɪ̱mstoʊn[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Brimstone is the same as sulphur. [OLD FASHIONED] 2) PHRASE When people talk about fire and brimstone, they are referring to hell and how they think people are punished there after death. [LITERARY] …   English dictionary

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