Meaning Of The Word Fulminate

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Fulminate? Find Fulminate meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Fulminate Meaning

Fulminate Definition
Fulminate Definition

What's The Definition Of Fulminate?

fulminate
verb: If you fulminate against someone or something, you criticize them angrily.

fulminate in American English
an explosive salt of fulminic acid, containing the monovalent negative radical CNO and used in detonators and percussion caps
to thunder and lighten
intransitive verb: to explode with a loud noise; detonate
noun: one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, esp. the mercury salt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent
transitive verb: to cause to explode

fulminate in British English
noun: any salt or ester of fulminic acid, esp the mercury salt, which is used as a detonator
verb: to make criticisms or denunciations; rail

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Tailfly ‐ noun; noun: the region of the vertebrate body…
  • Garter snake ‐ any of various small, harmless, striped colubrid…
  • Unperfectly ‐ adverb:…
  • Nongolfer ‐ noun: a person who is…
  • QARANC ‐ abbreviation for: Queen Alexandra's Royal Army…
  • Blinks ‐ noun: a small temperate portulacaceous plant…
  • Sales tax ‐ a tax on sales, usually levied as a percentage…
  • Gun brig ‐ noun: a naval brig of the 18th century having…
  • Paroquet ‐ noun; noun: any of numerous small usually brightly…
  • Soissons ‐ noun: a city in N France, on the Aisne River:…