Fulminating

  • 1Fulminating — Ful mi*na ting, a. 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner. [1913 Webster] 2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures. [1913 Webster] {Fulminating oil}, nitroglycerin. {Fulminating powder} (Chem.) any violently… …

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  • 2fulminating — adjective Etymology: from present participle of fulminate (I) 1. : exploding with a vivid flash : thundering 2. : hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures a fulminating bishop 3 …

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  • 3Fulminating — 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… …

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  • 4fulminating — Running a rapid course, worsening quickly. * * * ful·mi·nat·ing .nāt iŋ adj fulminant <fulminating infection> ful·mi·na·tion .fu̇l mə nā shən, .fəl n * * * adj. describing a condition or symptom that is of very sudden onset, severe, and of… …

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  • 5Fulminating oil — Fulminating Ful mi*na ting, a. 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner. [1913 Webster] 2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures. [1913 Webster] {Fulminating oil}, nitroglycerin. {Fulminating powder} (Chem.) any… …

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  • 6Fulminating powder — Fulminating Ful mi*na ting, a. 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner. [1913 Webster] 2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures. [1913 Webster] {Fulminating oil}, nitroglycerin. {Fulminating powder} (Chem.) any… …

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  • 7Fulminating silver — is the name given to a number of explosive silver containing substances that that fulminate or detonate easily and violently. Fulminating silver has no exact chemical or dictionary definition.It may refer to: * silver fulminate (which,… …

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  • 8fulminating powder — n. an explosive material used as a detonator, esp. one containing mercuric fulminate …

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  • 9fulminating gold — Fulminate Ful mi*nate, n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See {Fulminate}, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under {Fulminic}. (b) A fulminating powder. [1913 Webster] {Fulminate of gold}, an explosive compound of gold; called also {fulminating… …

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  • 10Fulminating silver — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …

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