fulminate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fulminate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for fulminate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fulminate n a salt or ester of fulminic acid v criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" Synonym(s): fulminate, rail come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated" cause to explode violently and with loud noise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]:
Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, v. t. 1. To cause to explode. --Sprat. 2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fulminate \Ful"minate\, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See {Fulminate}, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under {Fulminic}. (b) A fulminating powder. {Fulminate* of gold}, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also {fulminating gold}, and {aurum fulminans}.