fulminate

  • 41fulminate — ful·mi·nate (fulґmĭ nāt) [L. fulminare] to occur suddenly with great intensity …

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  • 42fulminate — Synonyms and related words: backfire, bang, bark, blast, blow out, blow up, burst, bust, coal, crack, detonate, discharge, explode, feed, fill up, fire, fuel, fuel up, go off, let off, oil, pop, refuel, set off, shoot, stoke, top off, touch off …

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  • 43fulminate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. boom, thunder, roar; detonate, explode; rail, berate, excoriate. See violence, imprecation, threat. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To explode] Syn. blow up, discharge, detonate; see explode 1 . 2. [To… …

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  • 44fulminate — ful|mi|nate [ fulmı,neıt ] verb intransitive FORMAL to speak or write angrily about something …

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  • 45fulminate — ful·mi·nate || fÊŒlmɪneɪt , fÊŠl v. explode with a loud noise; severely denounce, strongly attack; speak harshly n. (Chemistry) ester or salt of fulminic acid, explosive salt …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 46fulminate — [ fʊlmɪneɪt, fʌl ] verb 1》 express vehement protest. 2》 literary explode violently or flash like lightning. 3》 [usu. as adjective fulminating] Medicine (of a disease or symptom) develop suddenly and severely. noun Chemistry a salt or ester of… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 47fulminate — I. v. n. 1. Explode, detonate. 2. Utter denunciations, thunder, pour out threats, hurl denunciations, fulmine. II. v. a. 1. Utter with a menace, proclaim with denunciation, hurl, thunder, fulmine. 2. Explode, burst, rend asunder …

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  • 48fulminate — verb (intransitive + against/at) formal to speak angrily against something: an article fulminating against American Imperialism fulmination / fUlmi neISFn, fVl / noun (C, U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 49fulminate — verb homeowners fulminated against the tax hikes Syn: protest, rail against, rage about, rant about, thunder about, storm about, vociferate against, declaim, inveigh against, speak out against, make/take a stand against; denounce, decry, condemn …

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  • 50fulminate — ful·mi·nate …

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