fulmination

  • 11FULMINATION — n. f. T. de Physique Détonation subite, explosion d’une matière fulminante. En termes de Droit canon, il signifie Action de lancer une condamnation. La fulmination d’une sentence ecclésiastique …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 12fulmination — noun see fulminate I …

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  • 13fulmination — noun a) The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation. b) The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority. See Also: fulminate, fulminator …

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  • 14fulmination — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Detonation] Syn. discharge, blast, outburst; see explosion 1 . 2. [Denunciation] Syn. condemnation, censure, thundering against; see blame 1 , curse 1 , objection 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A long, violent, or… …

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  • 15Fulmination — Ful|mi|na|ti|on die; , en <aus gleichbed. lat. fulminatio zu fulminare, vgl. ↑fulminieren> das Blitzen, Knallen …

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  • 16fulmination — ful·mi·na·tion || ‚fÊŒlmɪ neɪʃn ,‚fÊŠl n. violent explosion; strong attack, severe criticism …

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  • 17fulmination — n. 1. Fulminating, hurling (of threats, etc), threatening, denunciation, denouncing. 2. Denunciation, threat, threatening, anathema, ban, curse, malediction. 3. Explosion, detonation …

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  • 18fulmination — noun the fulminations of media moralists Syn: protest, objection, complaint, rant, tirade, diatribe, harangue, invective, railing, obloquy; denunciation, condemnation, criticism, censure, attack, broadside, brickbats; formal excoriation; literary …

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  • 19fulmination — n 1. violent denunciation, condemnation, criticism, Inf. knock, Sl. put down; censure, disapproval, disapprobation, reprobation, reprehension, objection; animadversion, Inf. brickbat, aspersion, obloquy; tirade, philippic, diatribe. 2. violent… …

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  • 20fulmination — ful·mi·na·tion …

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