fulminate

fulminate
1. verb /fʌlˈmɪn.eɪt/
a) To make a verbal attack.

the present owners couldnt afford the electric bills anymore, several amateur gaffers, sad to say, having already been fulminated trying to bootleg power in off the municipal lines.

b) To issue a denunciation.
2. noun /fʌlˈmɪn.eɪt/
See Also: fulmination, fulminator, fulminatory, fulminic, mercury fulminate

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Fulminate — Fulminate, s. Initialzündungen …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Fulminate — Fulmināte, die Salze der Knallsäure (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • fulminate — index defame, discharge (shoot), inveigh, threaten Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Fulminate — Fulminate,   Singular Fulminat das, (e)s, die sehr explosiven Salze der Knallsäure.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • fulminate — (v.) early 15c., publish a thundering denunciation, from L. fulminatus, pp. of fulminare hurl lightning, lighten, from fulmen (gen. fulminis) lightning flash, related to fulgere to shine, flash, from PIE *bhleg to shine, flash, from root *bhel… …   Etymology dictionary

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