fulminate

Definition of fulminate

Verbs

criticize severely
"He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"
Synonyms:
rail
Type of:
denounce
speak out against
come on suddenly and intensely
"the disease fulminated"
Type of:
appear, come along
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
Type of:
blow up, detonate, explode, set off
cause to burst with a violent release of energy

Nouns

a salt or ester of fulminic acid
Types:
fulminate of mercury, fulminating mercury, mercury fulminate
a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
Type of:
salt
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

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Words that contain fulminate

fulminate of mercury
 mercury fulminate