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| 2 results for fulminating | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a. 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner. 2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures. {Fulminating oil}, nitroglycerin. {Fulminating powder} (Chem.) any violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate. | |
