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fulminate

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ful·mi·nate  (flm-nt, fl-)
v. ful·mi·nat·ed, ful·mi·nat·ing, ful·mi·nates
v.intr.
1. To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation: fulminated against political chicanery.
2. To explode or detonate.
v.tr.
1. To issue (a denunciation, for example) thunderously.
2. To cause to explode.
n.
An explosive salt of fulminic acid, especially fulminate of mercury.

[Middle English fulminaten, from Latin fulminre, fulmint-, to strike with lightning, from fulmen, fulmin-, lightning that strikes; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

fulmi·nation n.
fulmi·nator n.
fulmi·na·tory (-n-tôr, -tr) adj.

fulminate [ˈfʌlmɪˌneɪt ˈfʊl-]
vb
1. (intr; often foll by against) to make criticisms or denunciations; rail
2. to explode with noise and violence
3. (intr) Archaic to thunder and lighten
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any salt or ester of fulminic acid, esp the mercury salt, which is used as a detonator
[from Medieval Latin fulmināre; see fulminant]
fulmination  n
fulminator  n
fulminatory  adj

ful•mi•nate (ˈfʌl məˌneɪt)

v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2. to issue denunciations or the like (usu. fol. by against).
v.t.
3. to cause to explode.
4. to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
n.
5. one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, esp. its mercury salt, used as a detonating agent.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin fulminātus, past participle of fulmināre (of lightning) to strike, derivative of fulmen lightning bolt, violent utterance]
ful′mi•na`tor, n.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fulminate - a salt or ester of fulminic acid
fulminate of mercury, fulminating mercury, mercury fulminate - a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Verb1.fulminate - criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
denounce - speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"
2.fulminate - come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"
come along, appear - come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"
3.fulminate - cause to explode violently and with loud noise
blow up, detonate, explode, set off - cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

fulminate
verb (often with against) criticize, rage, curse, denounce, put down, thunder, fume, protest against, censure, berate, castigate, rail against, vilify, tear into (informal), flame (informal), blast, diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), upbraid, inveigh against, reprobate, lambast(e), excoriate, execrate, vituperate, animadvert upon, denunciate They all fulminated against the new curriculum.
Translations
fulminate [ˈfʊlmɪneɪt] VI (frm) to fulminate againsttronar contra
fulminate [ˈfʊlmɪneɪt ˈfʌlmɪneɪt] vi
to fulminate against sth → pester contre qch
fulminate
vi (fig)wettern, donnern
fulminate [ˈfʌlmɪˌneɪt] vi to fulminate (against)scagliare fulmini (contro)


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