1. Cause to explode violently and with loud noise
   "The bomb fulminated, destroying the building"
    
2. Criticize severely
   "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare";
   - rail
    
3. Come on suddenly and intensely
   "the disease fulminated"

1. A salt or ester of fulminic acid
   "Mercury fulminate was once commonly used as a primary explosive in detonators"

Derived forms: fulminates, fulminating, fulminated

Type of: appear, blow up, come along, denounce, denunciate, detonate, explode, salt, set off

Encyclopedia: Fulminate