(v) criticize severely, Syn. rail, Example:He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare; She railed against the bad social policies

fulminate

(v) come on suddenly and intensely, Example:the disease fulminated

fulminate

(v) cause to explode violently and with loud noise

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fulminate

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fulminate

v. t. 1. To cause to explode. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fulminate

n. [ Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i. ] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic. (b) A fulminating powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fulminate of gold, an explosive compound of gold; -- called also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans. [ 1913 Webster ]

fulminate of mercury

n. (Chem.) The mercury salt of fulminic acid (Hg(CNO)2), called also mercury fulminate. It is prepared as gray crystals, and is used primarily in detonators for detonating high explosives, such as dynamite or TNT. [ PJC ]

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大声疾呼

[たいせいしっこ, taiseishikko] (n, vs) shout with a loud voice; fulminate; vociferate

雷酸水銀

[らいさんすいぎん, raisansuigin] (n) mercury fulminate

雷汞;雷こう

[らいこう, raikou] (n) (See 雷酸水銀) mercury fulminate

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