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English noun: fulminate | |||
| 1. | fulminate (substance) a salt or ester of fulminic acid | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | salt | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fulminate of mercury, fulminating mercury, mercury fulminate | ||
English verb: fulminate | |||
| 1. | fulminate (communication) criticize severely | ||
| Samples | He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare. She railed against the bad social policies. | ||
| Synonyms | rail | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | denounce | ||
| 2. | fulminate (change) come on suddenly and intensely | ||
| Samples | The disease fulminated. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear, come along | ||
| 3. | fulminate (change) cause to explode violently and with loud noise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blow up, detonate, explode, set off | ||
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