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fulmination

[fuhl-muh-ney-shuhn]

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noun

a violent denunciation or censure: a sermon that was one long fulmination.

violent explosion.

Origin:
1495–1505; < Latin fulminātiōn- (stem of fulminātiō) a thundering, fuming. See fulminate, -ion

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fulminate (ˈfʌlmɪˌneɪt, ˈfʊl-)

—vb (often foll by against)
1.	to make criticisms or denunciations; rail
2.	to explode with noise and violence
3.	archaic (intr) to thunder and lighten

—n
4.	any salt or ester of fulminic acid, esp the mercury salt, which is used as a detonator

[C15: from Medieval Latin fulmināre; see fulminant]

fulmi'nation

—n

'fulminator

—n

'fulminatory

—*adj*

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fulmination

c.1500, from M.Fr. fulmination, from L. fulminationem (nom. fulminatio) "discharge of lightning," from fulminare (see fulminate).

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