| VERB | communication | fulminate, rail | criticize severely |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | fulminate | come on suddenly and intensely | |
| change | fulminate | cause to explode / explode violently and with loud noise | |
| NOUN | substance | fulminate | a salt or ester of fulminic acid |
| Sounds | fuh'lmahney.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | A salt or ester of fulminic acid. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | mercury fulminate, fulminate of mercury, fulminating mercury | A fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated |
| Broader | salt | A compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) |
| Spanish | fulminato | |
| Catalan | fulminat | |
| Meaning | criticize severely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare" | |
| Synonym | rail | |
| Broader | denounce | Speak out against |
| Spanish | cargar, fulminar, tronar | |
| Nouns | fulmination | thunderous verbal / verbal attack |
| Meaning | come on suddenly and intensely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the disease fulminated" | |
| Broader | appear, come along | come into being or existence, or appear on the scene |
| Adjectives | fulminant | sudden and severe |
| Meaning | Cause to explode / explode violently and with loud noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | explode, detonate, blow up, set off | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
| Nouns | fulmination | the act of exploding with noise and violence |
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