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fulmination

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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.

fulmination
the explosion that occurs when certain chemicals are detonated.
See also: Processes
thundering; the sound of thunder.
See also: Thunder
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fulmination - thunderous verbal attack
denouncement, denunciation - a public act of denouncing
2.fulmination - the act of exploding with noise and violence; "his fulminations frightened the horses"
burst, explosion - the act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
Translations
fulmination [ˌfʊlmɪˈneɪʃən] N (frm) → invectiva f, filípica f (against contra)
fulmination
nAttacke f
fulmination [ˌfʌlmɪˈneɪʃn] ninvettiva
fulmination [ˌfʌlmɪˈneɪʃn] ninvettiva


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In response to a telephone inquiry, we received nothing more definite than a fulmination against the Press, ending up with the remark that if we would notify our boat he would hand us any directions which he might think it proper to give us at the moment of starting.
 
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