fulminate

Speech parts

1. fulminate - Noun

2. fulminate - Verb

Meaning

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

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

To cause to explode.

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

A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.

A fulminating powder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rail condemn denounce vilify criticize thunder bellow pitchfork fume protest storm discharge burst blast curse
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Antonyms

chill out support defend praise flatter chill
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Hypernyms

appear salt explode detonate denounce set-off

Hyponyms

mercury fulminate fulminate of mercury fulminating mercury

Related terms

fulmination fulminatory mercury fulminate fulminator silver fulminate fulminic

Phrases with the word

fulminate against potassium fulminate

Derivatives

fulminated fulminating

Examples

the disease fulminated Source: Internet

He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare Source: Internet

She railed against the bad social policies Source: Internet

Fulminate hepatitis is a severe form of acute hepatitis that can be life-threatening if not treated right away. Source: Internet

Surprisingly, the coinjection of apoptotic and viable pathogens causes by far a more fulminate course of disease than injection of only viable parasites. Source: Internet

Mercury fulminate has the distinct advantage over potassium chlorate of being non-corrosive, but it is known to weaken with time. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fulminancy fulminant fulminantly fulminate against fulminate of mercury fulminating