fulminate

fulminate
—fulminator, n. —fulminatory /ful"meuh neuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.
/ful"meuh nayt'/, v., fulminated, fulminating, n.
v.i.
1. to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2. to issue denunciations or the like (usually fol. by against): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
v.t.
3. to cause to explode.
4. to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
n.
5. one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, esp. the mercury salt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent.
[1375-1425; late ME fulminaten < L fulminatus (ptp. of fulminare) thundered, equiv. to fulmin- (s. of fulmen) thunderbolt, lightning + -atus -ATE1]

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