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fulminate

ful·mi·nate

UK/ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/ US/ˈfʊlmɪneɪt/ uncommon archaic
verb (3) noun (1)

verb

1.

criticize severely

  • “He fulminated against the Republicans”
  • “;”
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2.

come on suddenly and intensely

  • “the disease fulminated”
3.

noun

1.

a salt or ester of fulminic acid

Origin

Inherited from Middle English fulminaten, borrowed from Latin fulminātus, perfect passive participle of fulminō (“to lighten, hurl or strike with lightning”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fulmen (“lightning which strikes and sets on fire, thunderbolt”), from earlier *fulgmen, *fulgimen, from fulgeō, fulgō (“flash, lighten”). Doublet of fulmine. More at fulgent.

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