Definitions for FULMINATE
ˈfʌl məˌneɪtful·mi·nate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. fulminateverb

   a salt or ester of fulminic acid

2. fulminate, railverb

   criticize severely

   "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"

3. fulminateverb

   come on suddenly and intensely

   "the disease fulminated"

4. fulminateverb

   cause to explode violently and with loud noise

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fulminatenoun

   Any salt or ester of fulminic acid; mostly explosive.

2. fulminateverb

   To make a verbal attack.

3. fulminateverb

   To issue a denunciation.

4. fulminateverb

   To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.

5. Etymology: From fulminatus, past participle of fulmino, from fulmen, from earlier,, from fulgo, fulgeo. More at fulgent.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Fulminateverb

   To throw out as an object of terrour.

   As excommunication is not greatly regarded here in England, as now fulminated; so this constitution is out of use among us in a great measure. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

2. To FULMINATEverb

   Etymology: fulmino, Lat. fulminer, French.

   1. To thunder.2. To make a loud noise or crack.

   Whilst it was in fusion we cast into it a live coal, which presently kindled it, and made it boil and flash for a pretty while: after which we cast in another glowing coal, which made it fulminate afresh. Boyle.

   In damps one is called the suffocating, and the other the fulminating damp. John Woodward, Natural History.

   3. To issue out ecclesiastical censures.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fulminate

   Fulminates are chemical compounds which include the fulminate ion (CNO−, C−≡N+−O−). The fulminate ion is a pseudohalic ion because its charge and reactivity are similar to those of the halogens. Due to the instability of the ion, fulminate salts are friction-sensitive explosives. The best known is mercury(II) fulminate, which has been used as a primary explosive in detonators. Fulminates can be formed from metals, such as silver and mercury, dissolved in nitric acid and reacted with ethanol. The weak single nitrogen-oxygen bond is responsible for their instability. Nitrogen very easily forms a stable triple bond to another nitrogen atom, forming nitrogen gas.

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1. fulminate

   Fulminate is a verb that can have two primary meanings. Firstly, it may refer to expressing vehement protest or criticism, typically in a loud, forceful and often sudden manner. Secondly, in the context of chemistry, it refers to a type of compound that explosively decomposes and detonates under heat or shock, like mercury fulminate. As a noun, it refers to a salt or ester of fulminic acid, usually in relation to explosive compounds.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fulminateverb

   to thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report

2. Fulminateverb

   to issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces

3. Fulminateverb

   to cause to explode

4. Fulminateverb

   to utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority

5. Fulminateverb

   a salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic

6. Fulminateverb

   a fulminating powder

7. Etymology: [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf. Fulmine.]

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1. Fulminate

   Fulminates are chemical compounds which include the fulminate ion. The fulminate ion, CNO− is a pseudohalic ion, acting like a halogen with its charge and reactivity. Due to the instability of the ion, fulminate salts are friction-sensitive explosives. The best known is mercury fulminate, which has been used as a primary explosive in detonators. Fulminates can be formed from metals, such as silver and mercury, dissolved in nitric acid and reacted with ethanol. It is largely the presence of the weak single nitrogen-oxygen bond which leads to its instability. Nitrogen very easily forms a stable triple bond to another nitrogen atom, forming gaseous nitrogen.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fulminate

   ful′min-āt, v.i. to thunder or make a loud noise: to issue decrees with violence, or with menaces of grave censure.—v.t. to cause to explode: to send forth, as a denunciation—(Milt.) Ful′mine.—n. a compound of fulminic acid with mercury, &c.—adj. Ful′minant, fulminating: (path.) developing suddenly.—n. a thunderbolt, explosive.—adj. Ful′minating, crackling, exploding, detonating.—n. Fulminā′tion, act of fulminating, thundering, or issuing forth: a chemical explosion: a denunciation.—adjs. Ful′minatory; Fulmin′eous, Ful′minous, pertaining to thunder and lightning; Fulmin′ic, pertaining to an acid used in preparing explosive compounds. [L. fulmināre, -ātum—fulmen (for fulgimen), lightning—fulgēre, to shine.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fulminate

   A salt of fulminic acid. Fulminate of mercury is the most useful. It explodes readily by percussion, by a heat of 367° Fahr., when touched with strong sulphuric or nitric acid, by sparks from flint and steel and by the electric spark. It is used for percussion-caps, primers, fuzes, etc. From its peculiar power to produce detonations it is the detonating agent for modern blasting powders, containing nitro-glycerine, also, for gun-cotton. Detonating caps, or exploders, are copper caps containing from 3 to 25 grains of the fulminate. In ordinary blasting, where the tube fuze is used, the cap is placed on the end of the fuze and crimped around it. The cap is then buried a short distance in the blasting charge, or cartridge. See Explosives.

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   The numerical value of FULMINATE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of FULMINATE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FULMINATE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fulminate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FULMINATE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulminate
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FULMINATE
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=FULMINATE
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=FULMINATE
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html