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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fulminated}; p. pr & vb n. {Fulminating}.] [L. fulminatus p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr fulmen thunderbolt, fr fulgere to shine. See {Fulgent}, and cf {Fulmine}.] 1. To thunder; hence to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report. 2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, v. t. 1. To cause to explode. --Sprat. 2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. --De Quincey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See {Fulminate}, v. i.] (Chem.) a A salt of fulminic acid. See under {Fulminic}. b A fulminating powder. {Fulminate of gold}, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also {fulminating gold}, and {aurum fulminans}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fulminate n : a salt or ester of fulminic acid v : criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" [syn: {rail}]
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