fulminate
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- intransitive verb To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation: fulminated against political chicanery.
- intransitive verb To explode or detonate.
- transitive verb To issue (a denunciation, for example) thunderously.
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- Cree Bega was a weight around his neck that would drag him to his death if he didn't cut it loose. — Morgawr
- Smith said, "We've put all the clothes we've found on a table in the garage. — Hot Money
- It would never change, she realized suddenly. — Morgawr
- "Now say good night to everybody." — The Great Impersonation
- "Mr Smith says there's something to see." — Hot Money
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- Middle English fulminaten, from Latin fulmināre, fulmināt-, to strike with lightning, from fulmen, fulmin-, lightning that strikes; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.
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/ (fo͝olˈmə-nātˌ, fŭlˈ-)/
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