fulminate

  • 21fulminate — [15] Etymologically, fulminate means ‘strike with lightning’. It comes from Latin fulmināre, a derivative of fulmen ‘lightning’. In medieval Latin its literal meaning gave way to the metaphorical ‘pronounce an ecclesiastical censure on’, and this …

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  • 22FULMINATE — n. m. T. de Chimie Sel d’un acide non isolé, dit Acide fulminique, qui détone fortement par le choc ou par la chaleur. Le fulminate de mercure est employé pour faire les capsules ou amorces de fusils à percussion …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 23fulminate — 1. verb /fʌlˈmɪn.eɪt/ a) To make a verbal attack. the present owners couldnt afford the electric bills anymore, several amateur gaffers, sad to say, having already been fulminated trying to bootleg power in off the municipal lines. b) To issue a… …

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  • 24fulminate — (ful mi na t ) s. m. Terme de chimie. Sel produit par la combinaison de l acide fulminique avec une base.    Fulminate de mercure, sel dont on se sert pour la composition de la poudre fulminante. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Voy. fulminique …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 25fulminate — ful|mi|nate [ˈfulmıneıt, ˈfʌl ] v [i]formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: fulminare to hit with lightning , from fulmen lightning ] to criticize someone or something angrily fulminate at/against/about ▪ Mick was fulminating against the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26fulminate — [[t]f ʊlmɪneɪt, fʌ̱l [/t]] fulminates, fulminating, fulminated VERB If you fulminate against someone or something, you criticize them angrily. [FORMAL] [V against/about n] They all fulminated against the new curriculum. Derived words: fulmination …

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  • 27fulminate — v 1. detonate, explode, blow up, Archaic. displode; burst, Sl. bust, break open, fly apart, fly to pieces; go off, discharge, pop, shoot off, bang, blast or blast off; report, sound, boom, roar, thunder, clap. 2.Usu. fulminate against denounce,… …

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  • 28fulminate — [c]/ˈfʊlməneɪt / (say foolmuhnayt), /ˈfʌl / (say ful ) verb (fulminated, fulminating) –verb (i) 1. to explode with a loud noise; detonate. –verb (t) 2. to cause to explode. –noun 3. Chemistry one of a group of unstable explosive compounds derived …

  • 29fulminate — fulminatas statusas T sritis chemija formulė Formulę žr. priede. priedas( ai) Grafinis formatas atitikmenys: angl. fulminate rus. фульминат …

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  • 30Fulminate de mercure — Général Nom IUPAC Fulminate de mercure No CAS …

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