fulminate

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: ful=mi=nate

CIDE DICTIONARY

fulminate, v. i. [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf. Fulmine.].

•  To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.  [1913 Webster]
•  To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.  [1913 Webster]

fulminate, v. t. 

•  To cause to explode.  Sprat.  [1913 Webster]
•  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."  [1913 Webster]

fulminate, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i.].

 A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.  [1913 Webster]

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

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fulminate, v. & n.
--v.intr.
1 (often foll. by against) express censure loudly and forcefully.
2 explode violently; flash like lightning (fulminating mercury).
3 Med. (of a disease or symptom) develop suddenly.
--n. Chem. a salt or ester of fulminic acid.

Derivative

fulmination n. fulminatory adj.

Etymology

L fulminare fulminat- f. fulmen -minis lightning

THESAURUS

fulminate

backfire, bang, bark, blast, blow out, blow up, burst, bust, coal, crack, detonate, discharge, explode, feed, fill up, fire, fuel, fuel up, go off, let off, oil, pop, refuel, set off, shoot, stoke, top off, touch off

ROGET THESAURUS

fulminate

Violence

VB be violent, run high, ferment, effervesce, romp, rampage, go on a rampage, run wild, run amuck, run riot, break the peace, rush, tear, rush headlong, rush foremost, raise a storm, make a riot, rough house, riot, storm, wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod, spread like wildfire (person), explode, make a row, kick up a row, boil, boil over, fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, fly into a rage (anger), break out, fly out, burst out, bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst, shock, strain, break open, force open, prize open, render violent, sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on, irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment, accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino, explode, let fly, fly off, discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.

Malediction

VB curse, accurse, imprecate, damn, swear at, curse with bell book and candle, invoke curses on the head of, call down curses on the head of, devote to destruction, execrate, beshrew, scold, anathematize, bold up to execration, denounce, proscribe, excommunicate, fulminate, thunder against, threaten, curse and swear, swear, swear like a trooper, fall a cursing, rap out an oath, damn.

Threat

VB threat, threaten, menace, snarl, growl, gnarl, mutter, bark, bully, defy, intimidate, keep in terrorem, hold up in terrorem, hold out in terrorem, shake the fist at, double the fist at, clinch the fist at, thunder, talk big, fulminate, use big words, bluster, look daggers, stare daggers.

Propulsion

VB propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.

Loudness

VB be loud, peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare, fulminate, roar, resound, speak up, shout, bellow, rend the air, rend the skies, fill the air, din in the ear, ring in the ear, thunder in the ear, pierce the ears, split the ears, rend the ears, split the head, deafen, stun, faire le diable a quatre, make one's windows shake, rattle the windows, awaken the echoes, startle the echoes, wake the dead.