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fulminate

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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

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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

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