fulminant

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ful·mi·nant (f

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adj.

1. Exploding or detonating.

2. Pathology Occurring suddenly, rapidly, and with great severity or intensity.

[Latin fulminns, fulminant-, present participle of fulminre, to strike with lightning; see fulminate.]

fulminant [ˈfʌlmɪnənt ˈfʊl-]

adj

1. sudden and violent; fulminating

2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol (of pain) sudden and sharp; piercing

[from Latin fulmināre to cause lightning, from fulmen lightning that strikes]

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Adj.

fulminant - sudden and severe; "fulminant pain"; "fulminant fever"

sudden - happening without warning or in a short space of time; "a sudden storm"; "a sudden decision"; "a sudden cure"

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