fulmination (redirected from fulminations)

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.

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

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fulmi·nation n.

fulmi·nator n.

fulmi·na·tory (-n-tôr, -tr) adj.

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fulmination

the explosion that occurs when certain chemicals are detonated.

See also: Processes

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thundering; the sound of thunder.

See also: Thunder

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fulmination - thunderous verbal attack diatribe 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

n → Attacke f

fulmination [ˌfʌlmɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n → invettiva