Noun vitriol has 2 senses
  1. vitriol, oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid - (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
    --1 is a kind of acid
    --1 has substances: sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16
    --1 has particulars: battery acid, electrolyte acid
  2. vituperation, invective, vitriol - abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
    --2 is a kind of abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification
,Verb vitriol has 2 senses
  1. vitriol - expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
    --1 is one way to
    subject
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. vitriol - subject to bitter verbal abuse
    --2 is one way to
    attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
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