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Definition of Fulminate

1. Noun. A salt or ester of fulminic acid.

2. Verb. Criticize severely. "She railed against the bad social policies"

3. Verb. Come on suddenly and intensely. "The disease fulminated"

4. Verb. Cause to explode violently and with loud noise.

Definition of Fulminate

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

2. v. t. To cause to explode.

3. n. A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.

Definition of Fulminate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Medical Definition of Fulminate

1. A salt of fulminic acid. See Fulminic. A fulminating powder. Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; called also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans. Origin: Cf. P. Fulminate. See Fulminate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fulminate

full stop full term full treatment fulmar fulmar fulmars Fulmarus Fulmarus glacialis fulmar petrel fulmiaic

fulminant fulminant fulminant hepatitis fulminant hyperpyrexia fulminate (current term) fulminate (current term) fulminated fulminates fulminate of mercury fulminating

fulminating fulminating dysentery fulminating mercury fulminating smallpox fulmination fulminations fulmine fulmined fulmines fulminic

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