fulminant
Americanadjective
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occurring suddenly and with great intensity or severity; fulminating.
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Pathology. developing or progressing suddenly.
fulminant plague.
adjective
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sudden and violent; fulminating
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pathol (of pain) sudden and sharp; piercing
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of fulminant
1595–1605; < Latin fulminant- (stem of fulmināns ), present participle of fulmināre to fulminate; see -ant
Example Sentences
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Koo died 6 days later of fulminant hepatic failure.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 29, 2018
The all-nighter had tipped him into a burst of fulminant mania.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2016
That showed the death rate for patients with a type of infection called fulminant C.difficile colitis was 75 percent.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2011
On Friday, a biopsy revealed that Todd was deteriorating fast, headed toward "fulminant hepatic failure."
From Time Magazine Archive
Such cases are not so rare as they are thought, though they are seldom so fulminant.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
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