fulminate
(noun) a salt or ester of fulminic acid
fulminate
(verb) cause to explode violently and with loud noise
fulminate
(verb) come on suddenly and intensely; “the disease fulminated”
fulminate, rail
(verb) criticize severely; “He fulminated against the Republicans’ plan to cut Medicare”; “She railed against the bad social policies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fulminate (third-person singular simple present fulminates, present participle fulminating, simple past and past participle fulminated)
(intransitive, figuratively) To make a verbal attack.
(transitive, figuratively) To issue as a denunciation.
(intransitive) To thunder or make a loud noise.
(transitive, now rare) To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.
• (verbal attack): berate, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, vilify
fulminate (plural fulminates)
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of fulminic acid, mostly explosive.
Source: Wiktionary
Ful"mi*nate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fulminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fulminating.] Etym: [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf. Fulmine.]
1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.
2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
Ful"mi*nate, v. t.
1. To cause to explode. Sprat.
2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. De Quincey.
Ful"mi*nate, n. Etym: [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic. (b) A fulminating powder. Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 July 2024
(verb) cause someone or something to move by driving; “She drove me to school every day”; “We drove the car to the garage”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
