fulminate

Noun
  1. A salt or ester of fulminic acid (synset 114822879)
    is a type of: salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
    subtypes: fulminate of mercury, fulminating mercury, mercury fulminate - a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps
Verb
  1. Criticize severely (synset 200843446)
    "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
    is a type of: denounce - speak out against
    same as: rail
  2. Come on suddenly and intensely (synset 200426334)
    "the disease fulminated"
    is a type of: appear, come along - come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
  3. Cause to explode violently and with loud noise (synset 200307842)
    is a type of: blow up, detonate, explode, set off - cause to burst with a violent release of energy

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