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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to
      detonate; to explode with a violent report.
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   2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the
      assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a.
   1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent
      manner.
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   2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
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   Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.

   Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder,
      but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric
      fulminate.
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