From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fulminate \Ful"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fulminated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of
fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen
thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf.
Fulmine.]
1. To thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to
detonate; to explode with a violent report.
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2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the
assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a.
1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent
manner.
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2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
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Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.
Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder,
but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric
fulminate.
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