fulminate has definitions from the field of chemistry
1
[ verb ] criticize severely

Synonyms

rail

Examples

"He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare" "She railed against the bad social policies"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

To_be_sure , when this is pointed_out , a common response among certain churchmen is to fulminate about `` the little flock '' and `` the great crowd '' and to take solace from Paul 's castigation of the `` wisdom of the wise '' in the opening chapter of First_Corinthians .

Related terms

denounce fulmination

2
[ verb ] come on suddenly and intensely

Examples

"the disease fulminated"

Related terms

appear

3
[ verb ] cause to explode violently and with loud noise

Related terms

explode fulmination

4
[ noun ] (chemistry) a salt or ester of fulminic acid

Related terms

salt mercury_fulminate

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