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1. (v.i.) fulminate
to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2. fulminate
to issue denunciations or the like (usu. fol. by against).
3. (v.t.) fulminate
to cause to explode.
4. fulminate
to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
5. (n.) fulminate
one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, esp. its mercury salt, used as a detonating agent.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L fulminātus, ptp. of fulmināre (of lightning) to strike, der. of fulmen lightning bolt, violent utterance)
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1. (verb) fulminate
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
2. (verb) fulminate, rail
criticize severely
"He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
3. (verb) fulminate
come on suddenly and intensely
"the disease fulminated"
4. (verb) fulminate
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
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1. (verb) fulminate
to thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report
2. (verb) fulminate
to issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces
3. (verb) fulminate
to cause to explode
4. (verb) fulminate
to utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority
5. (verb) fulminate
a salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic
6. (verb) fulminate
a fulminating powder
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