Sekirov Dictionary

fulminate

/ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/

verb 5
noun 1
forms 3

verb5

To thunder or make a loud noise.
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(figurative) To make a verbal attack.
- In short, the criticism which the great lexicographer fulminated against an unfortunate author, seems to have been adopted by the profession as applicable to everything under the sun […] — 1855
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(figurative) To issue as a denunciation.
- They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. — 1842
(figurative) to act as lightning, appearing quickly and destructively
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(no longer used) To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.
- the present owners couldn't afford the electric bills anymore, several amateur gaffers, sad to say, having already been fulminated trying to bootleg power in off the municipal lines. — 2009

noun1

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Any salt or ester of fulminic acid, mostly explosive.
- On 19 February a jubilant Bigeard announced that his 3rd R.P.C. had seized eighty-seven bombs, seventy kilos of explosive, 5,120 fulminate of mercury detonators, 309 electric detonators, etc. — 1977

forms

fulminated · fulminating · fulminates

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