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- Dictionaryfulminate/ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/
verb
- 1. express vehement protest: "he fulminated against the evils of his time" Similar
- 2. explode violently or flash like lightning: literary "thunder fulminated around the house" Similar
noun
- 1. a salt or ester of fulminic acid.
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to express strong and angry criticism: fulminate against I had to listen to Michael fulminating against the government. fulminate about I don't think people should fulminate about a book they've never read. "This shows a complete lack of respect !" he fulminates. Fewer examples.
noun. : an often explosive salt (such as mercury fulminate) containing the group −CNO. Did you know? Lightning strikes more than once in the history of fulminate. That word comes from the Latin fulminare, meaning "to strike," a verb usually used to refer to lightning strikes—it is struck from fulmen, Latin for "lightning."
verb (used without object) , ful·mi·nat·ed, ful·mi·nat·ing. to explode with a loud noise; detonate. to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed by against ): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
Watch a bomb fulminate or explode and hope you're under safe cover. Have your parents fulminate or blow up at you for coming home past curfew and hope you're not grounded for too long. The word fulminate is made up of the Latin root fulmen meaning "lightning flash."
(fʊlmɪneɪt , fʌl- ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense fulminates , present participle fulminating , past tense, past participle fulminated. verb. If you fulminate against someone or something, you criticize them angrily. [formal] They all fulminated against the new curriculum. [V + against/about]
1. (often foll by: against) to make criticisms or denunciations; rail. 2. to explode with noise and violence. 3. ( intr) archaic to thunder and lighten. n. (Elements & Compounds) any salt or ester of fulminic acid, esp the mercury salt, which is used as a detonator. [C15: from Medieval Latin fulmināre; see fulminant] ˌfulmiˈnation n. ˈfulmiˌnator n
to express strong and angry criticism: fulminate against I had to listen to Michael fulminating against the government. fulminate about I don't think people should fulminate about a book they've never read. "This shows a complete lack of respect !" he fulminates. Fewer examples.
verb. /ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/, /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/ [intransitive] (formal) Verb Forms. fulminate against (somebody/something) to criticize somebody/something angrily. He was always fulminating against interference from the government. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.
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Origin of Fulminate. From Latin fulminātus, past participle of fulminō (“lighten, hurl or strike with lightning”), from fulmen (“lightning which strikes and sets on fire, thunderbolt”), from earlier *fulgmen, *fulgimen, from fulgō, fulgeō (“flash, lighten”). More at fulgent.
