Fulminating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the
        assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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