fulminate

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I - noun

a salt or ester of fulminic acid
• Hypernyms:
salt
• Hyponyms:
mercury fulminate, fulminate of mercury, fulminating mercury

II - verb

1. criticize severely (Freq. 1)
- He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
- She railed against the bad social policies
• Syn:
rail
• Derivationally related forms:
fulmination
• Hypernyms:
denounce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. come on suddenly and intensely
- the disease fulminated
• Derivationally related forms:
fulminant
• Hypernyms:
appear, come along
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. cause to explode violently and with loud noise
• Derivationally related forms:
fulmination
• Hypernyms:
explode, detonate, blow up, set off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something