fulminate
See also: Fulminate
English
Etymology
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 fulgeō, fulgō (“flash, lighten”). Doublet of fulmine. More at fulgent.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (intransitive, figuratively) To make a verbal attack.
- (transitive, figuratively) To issue as a denunciation.
- De Quincey
- They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees.
- 1855, William Neilson, Mesmerism in its relation to health and disease (page 46)
- In short, the criticism which the great lexicographer fulminated against an unfortunate author, seems to have been adopted by the profession as applicable to everything under the sun […]
- De Quincey
- (intransitive) To thunder or make a loud noise.
- (transitive, now rare) To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 235:
- the present owners couldn't afford the electric bills anymore, several amateur gaffers, sad to say, having already been fulminated trying to bootleg power in off the municipal lines.
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 235:
Synonyms
Translations
To make a verbal attack
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To issue as a denunciation
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To strike with lightning
To cause to explode
Noun
fulminate (plural fulminates)
- (chemistry) Any salt or ester of fulminic acid, mostly explosive.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 193:
- On 19 February a jubilant Bigeard announced that his 3rd R.P.C. had seized eighty-seven bombs, seventy kilos of explosive, 5,120 fulminate of mercury detonators, 309 electric detonators, etc.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 193:
Translations
Any salt or ester of fulminic acid
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Related terms
Italian
Verb
fulminate
- second-person plural present indicative of fulminare
- second-person plural imperative of fulminare
- feminine plural of fulminato
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) fulmināte
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