fulminate
- Verb. (intransitive, figuratively) To make a verbal attack.
- Verb. (transitive, figuratively) To issue a denunciation.
- Verb. (context, now) To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.
- Noun. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of fulminic acid; mostly explosive.
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