intransitive verb. To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation.

intransitive verb. To explode or detonate.

intransitive verb. To issue (a denunciation, for example) thunderously.

intransitive verb. To cause to explode.

noun. An explosive salt of fulminic acid, especially fulminate of mercury.

noun. A compound formed by the union of a base with fulminic acid.

noun. An explosion; a sudden and explosive action.

To lighten; flash with detonation.

Hence To explode with a loud noise; detonate.

Figuratively, to issue threats, denunciations, censures, and the like, with or as with authority.

In refining, to become suddenly bright and uniform in color: said of melted gold mixed with antimony.

To cause to explode.

Figuratively, to utter or send out, as a denunciation or censure; especially, to send out, as a menace or censure, by ecclesiastical authority.

noun. A salt of fulminic acid. See under fulminic.

noun. A fulminating powder.

noun. an explosive compound of gold; -- called also fulminating gold, and aurum fulminans.

transitive verb. To cause to explode.

transitive verb. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority.

intransitive verb. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report.

intransitive verb. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.

verb. To make a verbal attack.

verb. To issue a denunciation.

verb. To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.

noun. Any salt or ester of fulminic acid; mostly explosive.

verb. cause to explode violently and with loud noise

verb. come on suddenly and intensely

verb. criticize severely

noun. a salt or ester of fulminic acid

"Mercury fulminate is very sensitive to shock, friction, and sparks."

mercuric fulminate  

fulmination  fulminator  fulminatory  fulminic  mercury fulminate  

fulminated  fulminating  

appear  blow up  come-along  denounce  detonate  

airside  astrolabe  chromite  d'anconia  diazo-  

backfire  bang  bark  berate  blast  

fulminic  

fulminated  fulminates  fulminating