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fulminate against

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ful⋅mi⋅nate

  [fuhl-muh-neyt] verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2. to issue denunciations or the like (usually fol. 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.
–noun
5. one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, esp. the mercury salt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME fulminaten < L fulminātus (ptp. of fulmināre) thundered, equiv. to fulmin- (s. of fulmen) thunderbolt, lightning + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ful⋅mi⋅na⋅tor, noun
ful⋅mi⋅na⋅to⋅ry  [fuhl-muh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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