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vitriol

[vi-tree-uhl] / ˈvɪ tri əl /


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Vitriol, insults and anger are there for all to see, from pretty much everyone involved.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Vitriol also poured onto Twitter and movie message boards, with people complaining in particular about the film’s test-the-limits climax.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2017

Ronnie Polaneczky wrote the column titled "She Can Vault Over the Vitriol" about the onslaught of mean comments Douglas has faced on social media during the Rio games.

From US News • Aug. 17, 2016

Vitriol has long been his medium of choice and with the daring glee of a graffiti artist hanging over Mt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2016

Mineral at Liege yielding Brimstone and Vitriol; and the way of extracting them, 3.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry




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