v. i. | 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. | ||||
v. t. | 1. | To cause to explode. | |||
2. | To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; - said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. | ||||
n. | 1. | (Chem.) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
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Noun | 1. | fulminate - a salt or ester of fulminic acid |
Verb | 1. | fulminate - criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" Synonyms: rail |
2. | fulminate - come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated" | |
3. | fulminate - cause to explode violently and with loud noise |