fulminate Sentence Examples
- The scientist's experiment backfired when the chemicals fulminated violently.
- The thunderclap fulminated through the sky, threatening a torrential downpour.
- The politician's speech was met with fulmination from the audience.
- The fulminating engine roared to life, emitting thick clouds of smoke.
- The critic's review of the play was a fulmination of vitriolic attacks.
- The general's face fulminated with anger as he received the news of the ambush.
- The fulminating wound oozed with pus and infection.
- The thunderbolts fulminated across the stormy expanse, illuminating the darkness.
- The angry mob fulminated against the government's policies.
- The explosive charge fulminated with a deafening roar, sending debris flying in all directions.
fulminate Meaning
fulminate (n)
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
fulminate (v)
criticize severely
come on suddenly and intensely
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
fulminate (v. i.)
To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.
To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic.
A fulminating powder.
fulminate (v. t.)
To cause to explode.
To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.
Synonyms & Antonyms of fulminate
FAQs About the word fulminate
a salt or ester of fulminic acid, criticize severely, come on suddenly and intensely, cause to explode violently and with loud noiseTo thunder; hence, to make a
huff, rave, bluster, rage, spout,rant, harangue, blare, storm,speak out
murmur, mutter, breathe, breathe, mutter,murmur, grunt, slur, whisper,whisper
The scientist's experiment backfired when the chemicals fulminated violently.
The thunderclap fulminated through the sky, threatening a torrential downpour.
The politician's speech was met with fulmination from the audience.
The fulminating engine roared to life, emitting thick clouds of smoke.
