a salt or ester of fulminic acid
Used in a Sentence
fulminate
How to use fulminate in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for fulminate.
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Quick take
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of fulminate gathered in one view.
criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for fulminate.
noun
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
verb
criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
See also: rail
verb
come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"
verb
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
Example sentences
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In particular, please edit flamebait out of your posts, don't fulminate, and don't go on about downvotes.
It's not particularly meaningful or conducive to any kind of insight because once you make that jump, you just get to fulminate endlessly about principles and oppression.
If there's some limit beyond which you might say, "Well, that's going a bit too far," and that caused someone else to fulminate over your backwardness, what would you say to them?Oh, well, gotta send this pigeon off and get back to my bunker before the drones catch me out in the open....
There are other places on the internet to fulminate against insert-opposite-position-about-religion-here.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use fulminate in a sentence?
This comment breaks the site guidelines, which include: Please don't fulminate.
What does fulminate mean?
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
What part of speech is fulminate?
fulminate is commonly used as noun, verb.