Fulminate

[fuhl-muh-neyt] /ˈfʌl məˌneɪt/

verb (used without object), fulminated, fulminating.
1.
to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2.
to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed by against):
The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
verb (used with object), fulminated, fulminating.
3.
to cause to explode.
4.
to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
noun
5.
one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, especially the mercury salt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent.
/ˈfʌlmɪˌneɪt; ˈfʊl-/
verb
1.
(intransitive) often foll by against. to make criticisms or denunciations; rail
2.
to explode with noise and violence
3.
(intransitive) (archaic) to thunder and lighten
noun
4.
any salt or ester of fulminic acid, esp the mercury salt, which is used as a detonator
v.

early 15c., “publish a ‘thundering’ denunciation,” from Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare “hurl lightning, lighten,” from fulmen (genitive fulminis) “lightning flash,” related to fulgere “to shine, flash,” from PIE *bhleg- “to shine, flash,” from root *bhel- (1) “to shine, flash, burn” (see bleach (v.)). Metaphoric sense (the original sense in English) is via its use in reference to a formal ecclesiastical censure. Related: Fulminated; fulminating.