fulminate
Meanings
Verb
- To make a verbal attack.
- To issue as a denunciation.
- To thunder or make a loud noise.
- To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.
Noun
- Any salt or ester of fulminic acid, mostly explosive.
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Origin
- From Latin fulminātus, past participle of fulminō, from fulmen, from earlier *fulgmen, *fulgimen, from fulgeō, fulgō. fulmine. More at fulgent.
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