Fulminate

['fʊlmɪneɪt;'fʌl-] or ['fʊlmɪnet]

Definition

(noun.) a salt or ester of fulminic acid.

(verb.) cause to explode violently and with loud noise.

(verb.) come on suddenly and intensely; 'the disease fulminated'.

(verb.) criticize severely; 'He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare'; 'She railed against the bad social policies'.

Checker: Wilmer--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.

(v. i.) To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.

(v. t.) To cause to explode.

(v. t.) To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.

(v. i.) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.

(v. i.) A fulminating powder.

Checker: Walter

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Explode, detonate.

v. a. Utter with a menace, proclaim with denunciation.

v. n.Utter, threaten (as by ecclesiastical authority), hurl denunciations.

Inputed by Hodge

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Thunder, clamor, roar, vociferate, denounce

ANT:Laud, panegyrize, eulogize

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Definition

v.i. to thunder or make a loud noise: to issue decrees with violence or with menaces of grave censure.—v.t. to cause to explode: to send forth as a denunciation—(Milt.) Ful′mine.—n. a compound of fulminic acid with mercury &c.—adj. Ful′minant fulminating: (path.) developing suddenly.—n. a thunderbolt explosive.—adj. Ful′minating crackling exploding detonating.—n. Fulminā′tion act of fulminating thundering or issuing forth: a chemical explosion: a denunciation.—adjs. Ful′minatory; Fulmin′eous Ful′minous pertaining to thunder and lightning; Fulmin′ic pertaining to an acid used in preparing explosive compounds.

Checker: Rene