Fulminating

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Thundering; crackling; exploding; detonating.
  • Figuratively, hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.
  • adjective. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
  • adjective. nitroglycerin.
  • adjective. any violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of fulminate.
  • adjective. explosive
  • adjective. Describing any sudden and severe (often fatal) inflammation
  • Word Usage
    "The principal compound of fulminic acid is the mercury salt commonly known as fulminating mercury."
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    fulminate