Fulminate

Fulminate
Fulminate Ful"mi*nate, v. t. 1. To cause to explode. --Sprat. [1913 Webster]

2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority. [1913 Webster]

They fulminated the most hostile of all decrees. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]


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  • fulminate — [ fylminat ] n. m. • 1823; du lat. fulmen, inis « foudre », et suff. chim. ate ♦ Chim. Sel détonant de mercure ou d or, obtenu par action de l ammoniaque sur un chlorure ou un oxyde de ces métaux. Fulminate de mercure utilisé comme amorce dans… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Fulminate — Général Nom IUPAC Oxidoazaniumylidynemethane No CAS …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fulminate — Ful mi*nate, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See {Fulminate}, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under {Fulminic}. (b) A fulminating powder. [1913 Webster] {Fulminate of gold}, an explosive compound of gold; called also {fulminating gold}, and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fulmināte — (lat.), soviel wie Knallsäuresalze, z. B. Silberfulminat, knallsaures Silber; s. Knallsäure …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Fulminate — Fulminate, s. Initialzündungen …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • Fulminate — Fulmināte, die Salze der Knallsäure (s.d.) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • fulminate — index defame, discharge (shoot), inveigh, threaten Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Fulminate — Fulminate,   Singular Fulminat das, (e)s, die sehr explosiven Salze der Knallsäure.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • fulminate — (v.) early 15c., publish a thundering denunciation, from L. fulminatus, pp. of fulminare hurl lightning, lighten, from fulmen (gen. fulminis) lightning flash, related to fulgere to shine, flash, from PIE *bhleg to shine, flash, from root *bhel… …   Etymology dictionary

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