Fulminate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation: fulminated against political chicanery.
  • verb-intransitive. To explode or detonate.
  • v. To issue (a denunciation, for example) thunderously.
  • v. To cause to explode.
  • n. An explosive salt of fulminic acid, especially fulminate of mercury.
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  • v. To make a verbal attack.
  • v. To issue a denunciation.
  • v. To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.
  • n. Any salt or ester of fulminic acid; mostly explosive.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.
  • verb-intransitive. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
  • v. To cause to explode.
  • v. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.
  • n. A salt of fulminic acid. See under fulminic.
  • n. A fulminating powder.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lighten; flash with detonation.
  • Hence To explode with a loud noise; detonate.
  • Figuratively, to issue threats, denunciations, censures, and the like, with or as with authority.
  • In refining, to become suddenly bright and uniform in color: said of melted gold mixed with antimony.
  • To cause to explode.
  • Figuratively, to utter or send out, as a denunciation or censure; especially, to send out, as a menace or censure, by ecclesiastical authority.
  • n. A compound formed by the union of a base with fulminic acid.
  • n. An explosion; a sudden and explosive action.
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  • v. cause to explode violently and with loud noise
  • v. come on suddenly and intensely
  • v. criticize severely
  • n. a salt or ester of fulminic acid
    • Verb Form
    fulminated    fulminates    fulminating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    explode    detonate    set-off    blow up    appear   
    Cross Reference
    mercuric fulminate   
    Variant
    fulminic   
    Form
    fulminated    fulminating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thunder    detonate    explode    flash    curse   
    Same Context
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