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fulminate
[fuhl-muh-neyt]
verb (used without object)
to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed byagainst ).
The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
verb (used with object)
to cause to explode.
to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
noun
one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, especially the mercury salt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent.
fulminate
/ ˈfʌlmɪˌneɪt, ˈfʊl- /
verb
to make criticisms or denunciations; rail
to explode with noise and violence
archaic(intr) to thunder and lighten
noun
any salt or ester of fulminic acid, esp the mercury salt, which is used as a detonator
Other Word Forms
- fulminator noun
- fulminatory adjective
- nonfulminating adjective
- unfulminated adjective
- unfulminating adjective
- ˈڳܱˌԲٴǰ noun
- ˌڳܱˈԲپDz noun
- ˈڳܱˌԲٴǰy adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fulminate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of fulminate1
Example Sentences
The comments came as Trump loyalists have been fulminating against each other online for days over the H-1B visas.
He fulminates hatred — a strong psychological addiction —- so his base won’t notice how he’s enriching his wealthy donors at their expense.
For two years, the state quietly investigated the matter while Villanueva fulminated about it at seemingly every opportunity.
Then, in late January, a local blogger fulminated after finding her signature among 16,000 names on a two-year-old open letter that decried “apartheid” in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
“They are coming, they are coming, they are coming!” he fulminates in a clip the parents’ legal team plays for him during his 2019 deposition, at which he seems unmoved.
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