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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fulminate /ˈfʊlmɪneɪt, ˈfʌl-/

▶verb

1 express vehement protest.

2 literary explode violently or flash like lightning.

3 (usu. as adj. fulminating) Medicine (of a disease or symptom) develop suddenly and severely.

▶noun Chemistry a salt or ester of fulminic acid.

– derivatives
fulmination noun,
fulminator noun.

– origin ME: from med. L. fulminare, from L. fulminat- ‘struck by lightning’, from fulmen, fulmin- ‘lightning’.

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