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fulminated
Variant of fulminate
intransitive verb fulminated, fulminating
- Archaic to thunder and lighten
- to explode with sudden violence; detonate
- to shout forth denunciations, decrees, etc.
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
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