About The Word Fulminate
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Fulminate
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What's The Definition Of Fulminate?
[n] a salt or ester of fulminic acid
[v] cause to explode violently and with loud noise [v] come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated" [v] criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fulminate: rail Related Terms | Find terms related to Fulminate: backfire | bang | bark | blast | blow out | blow up | burst | bust | coal | crack | detonate | discharge | explode | feed | fill up | fire | fuel | fuel up | go off | let off | oil | pop | refuel | set off | shoot | stoke | top off | touch off See Also | appear | blow up | come along | denounce | detonate | explode | fulminate of mercury | fulminating mercury | mercury fulminate | salt | set off Fulminate In Webster's Dictionary \Ful"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fulminated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Fulminating}.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of
fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen
thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See {Fulgent}, and cf.
{Fulmine}.]
1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to
detonate; to explode with a violent report.
2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the
assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
\Ful"mi*nate\, v. t. 1. To cause to explode. --Sprat. 2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. --De Quincey. \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See {Fulminate}, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under {Fulminic}. (b) A fulminating powder. {Fulminate of gold}, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also {fulminating gold}, and {aurum fulminans}. |
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