— fulminator , n. — fulminatory /ful"meuh neuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.
/ful"meuh nayt'/ , v. , fulminated, fulminating , n.
v.i.
1. to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2. to issue denunciations or the like (usually fol. by against ): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
v.t.
3. to cause to explode.
4. to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
n.
5. one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, esp. the mercury salt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent.
[ 1375-1425; late ME fulminaten fulminatus (ptp. of fulminare ) thundered, equiv. to fulmin- (s. of fulmen ) thunderbolt, lightning + -atus -ATE 1 ]