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fulminate

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verb

ful·​mi·​nate ˈfu̇l-mə-ˌnāt How to pronounce fulminate (audio)
ˈfəl-
fulminated; fulminating

transitive verb

: to utter or send out with denunciation
fulminate a decree

intransitive verb

: to send forth censures or invectives
fulminating against government regulators Mark Singer
fulmination
ˌfu̇l-mə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce fulminate (audio)
ˌfəl-
noun

fulminate

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noun

: an often explosive salt (such as mercury fulminate) containing the group −CNO

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Lightning strikes more than once in the history of fulminate. That word comes from the Latin fulminare, meaning "to strike," a verb usually used to refer to lightning strikes—it is struck from fulmen, Latin for "lightning." When fulminate was taken up by English speakers in the 15th century, it lost much of its ancestral thunder and was used largely as a technical term for the issuing of formal denunciations by ecclesiastical authorities. In time, its original lightning spark returned, describing intense strikes of a tirade.

Synonyms

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb She was fulminating about the dangers of smoking. The editorial fulminated against the proposed tax increase.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Like the town of Simons, Dolgeville also fielded an amateur baseball team, and had an official post office, a bank, and a firehouse, where locals met in 1906 to fulminate about the brothels and saloons thriving outside of the town limits. Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2021 But with the 2020 election, the show also no longer had Donald Trump to fulminate against. Washington Post, 8 July 2021 The candidate himself would fulminate in his own speech about violence in the streets, but Don Jr. eloquently heralded his father’s common touch. Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020 As the two walked to the car, Sherman fulminated about how the working classes were shiftless to a man, corrupted by welfare and socialism.... William Mcgurn, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2020 Coaches such as Leach and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, who also fulminated against the bill, don’t want players to be able to get out from under their paternal thumb. BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2019 In answer, a furious Trump weaved and bobbed, fulminating about walls, fake news, and hoaxes, but of course, never going near the question. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2019 Where Republicans could fulminate freely, Democrats had to go somewhat gingerly, trying to thread the needle, to hold a lawless president responsible for violating the Constitution without setting off a backlash that would hand him a second term. BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2019 Despite the fulminating royal statement, every Thai knows that no one can beat the king himself for ingratitude, misbehaviour and disloyalty. The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
Noun
Silver fulminate is an incredibly reactive explosive. Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2022 While Washington fulminates, progress toward an RCEP is gradually moving the world’s economic center of gravity into Beijing’s orbit. Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019 Pundits on the left are fond of reminding us of how Trump storms and fulminates, the White House itself unable to contain his petulance and rage. Fred Turner, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Medieval Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare, from Latin, to strike (of lightning), from fulmin-, fulmen lightning; akin to Latin flagrare to burn — more at black entry 1

Noun

fulminic acid, from Latin fulmin-, fulmen

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

1824, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fulminate was in the 15th century

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