Other Definitions vitriol (enc)
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Vitriol| Noun | 1. | vitriol - (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industryacid - any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt atomic number 16, sulfur, sulphur, S - an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions) | | | 2. | vitriol - abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will | | | Verb | 1. | vitriol - expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriolsubject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" | | | 2. | vitriol - subject to bitter verbal abuse | |
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