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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate. [1913 Webster]