Definition of: fulminate

(ful′mə·nāt) v. ·nat·ed, ·nat·ing v.i.
1. To explode or detonate violently.
2. To shout accusations, threats, etc.; denounce.
3. Rare To thunder and lighten.
—v.t.
4. To cause to explode violently.
5. To shout (accusations, threats, etc.).
—noun Chem.
1. A salt of fulminic acid, that explodes under percussion.
2. A mixture containing such a salt. [<L fulminatus, pp. of fulminare lighten <fulmen, fulminis lightning]
—ful′mi·na′tion noun
—ful′mi·na′tor noun
—ful′mi·na·to′ry (-tôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective