fulminate: Meaning and Definition of

ful•mi•nate

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.

1. to cause to explode.
2. to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.

1. 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.