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Fulminate   /fˈʊlmənˌeɪt/   Listen
Fulminate

verb
(past & past part. fulminated; pres. part. fulminating)
1.
Criticize severely.  Synonym: rail.  "She railed against the bad social policies"
2.
Come on suddenly and intensely.
3.
Cause to explode violently and with loud noise.



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fulminate of mercury
mercury fulminate


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"Fulminate" Quotes from Famous Books



... reporter, "but it depends on you. Procure us some iron for the barrels, steel for the hammers, saltpeter. coal and sulphur for powder, mercury and nitric acid for the fulminate, and lead for the shot, and the captain will make us ...
— The Mysterious Island • Jules Verne


Words linked to "Fulminate" :   come along, fulminating mercury, blow up, explode, set off, fulmination, fulminant, denounce, salt, appear, detonate, mercury fulminate, fulminate of mercury


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