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Synonyms
ful·mi·nate (fŏŏĺmə-nāt́, fŭĺ-)

[Middle English fulminaten, from Latin fulmināre, fulmināt-, to strike with lightning, from fulmen, fulmin-, lightning that strikes.]

verb: -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation: fulminated against political chicanery.
  2. To explode or detonate.

transitive verb 

  1. To issue (a denunciation, for example) thunderously.
  2. To cause to explode.

noun 

An explosive salt of fulminic acid, especially fulminate of mercury.

derivatives

fuĺmi·nátion
noun
fuĺmi·nátor
noun
fuĺmi·na·tóry
adjective