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verb (used without object)
1.
to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2.
to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed by against): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cause to explode.
4.
to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
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Fulminate
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noun
5.
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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English fulminaten < Latin fulminātus (past participle of fulmināre) thundered, equivalent to fulmin- (stem of fulmen) thunderbolt, lightning + -ātus -ate1
1375–1425; late Middle English fulminaten < Latin fulminātus (past participle of fulmināre) thundered, equivalent to fulmin- (stem of fulmen) thunderbolt, lightning + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ful·mi·na·tor, noun
non·ful·mi·nat·ing, adjective
un·ful·mi·nat·ed, adjective
un·ful·mi·nat·ing, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Politicians fulminate about double standards and anti-Semitism.
- But here's your chance to fulminate or whatever if you'd like.
- Officials can fulminate or brazen it out, arguing by turns that the material involved is trivial or deeply damaging.
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Word Origin & History
fulminate
mid-15c., "publish a 'thundering' denunciation," from L. fulminatus, pp. of fulminare "hurl lightning, lighten," from fulmen (gen. fulminis) "lightning," related to fulgere "to shine, flash," from PIE *bhleg- "to shine, flash," from base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see
EXPAND bleach). Metaphoric sense (the original sense in English) is via its use in reference to a formal ecclesiastical censure. Related: Fulminated; fulminating.
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