'Fulminating powder' definitions:

Definition of 'Fulminating powder'

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  • Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a.
  • 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures. [1913 Webster]
  • Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.
  • Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate. [1913 Webster]