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The definition of fulminate is to take a strong stance in protesting something, or is a disease that comes on suddenly and strongly out of nowhere, is a violent and sudden explosion.

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When you begin actively and passionately protesting taxes, this is an example of when you fulminate against taxes.
When you get very sick all of a sudden with a serious illness, this is an example of when the condition fulminates.
When thunder claps loudly in the sky outside your house, this is an example of thunder fulminating.

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See fulminate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb fulminated, fulminating

Archaic to thunder and lighten
to explode with sudden violence; detonate
to shout forth denunciations, decrees, etc.

Origin: ME fulminaten < L fulminatus, pp. of fulminare, to flash or strike with lightning < fulmen, lightning, thunderbolt, akin to fulgere: see fulgent

transitive verb

to cause to explode
to shout forth (denunciations, decrees, etc.)

noun

an explosive salt of fulminic acid, containing the monovalent negative radical CNO and used in detonators and percussion caps

Related Forms:

fulmination noun
fulminator noun

See fulminate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb ful·mi·nat·ed, ful·mi·nat·ing, ful·mi·nates

verb, intransitive

To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation: fulminated against political chicanery.
To explode or detonate.

verb, transitive

To issue (a denunciation, for example) thunderously.
To cause to explode.

noun

An explosive salt of fulminic acid, especially fulminate of mercury.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English fulminaten

Origin: , from Latin fulmināre, fulmināt-, to strike with lightning

Origin: , from fulmen, fulmin-, lightning that strikes; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

fulˌmi·naˈtion noun

fulˈmi·naˌtor noun

fulˈmi·na·toˌry (-nə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective

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