FULMINATE

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

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (verbal attack): berate, condemn, criticize, denounce, denunciate, vilify

Noun

fulminate (plural fulminates)

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of fulminic acid, mostly explosive.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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