'Fulminate' definitions:

Definition of 'fulminate'

(from WordNet)
noun
A salt or ester of fulminic acid
verb
Criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" [syn: fulminate, rail]
verb
Come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"
verb
Cause to explode violently and with loud noise

Definition of 'Fulminate'

From: GCIDE
  • Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, 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]

Definition of 'Fulminate'

From: GCIDE
  • Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, 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]

Definition of 'Fulminate'

From: GCIDE
  • Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, 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]