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fulmination

[ fuhl-muh-ney-shuh n ]

/ ˌfʌl məˈneɪ ʃən /

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noun

a violent denunciation or censure: a sermon that was one long fulmination.

violent explosion.

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to remove or destroy all traces of.

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Origin of fulmination

1495–1505; < Latin fulminātiōn- (stem of fulminātiō) a thundering, fuming. See fulminate, -ion

Words nearby fulmination

fulmar, fulminant, fulminate, fulminating compound, fulminating powder, fulmination, fulmine, fulminic, fulminic acid, fulminous, fulness

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Example sentences from the Web for fulmination

It loses all control except the fulmination of useless orders.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas|Richard Henry Savage
To judge by the absolute indifference with which this fulmination was received, the criminals must have been hardened indeed.
Froth|Armando Palacio Valds
During this fulmination, Holland stood very quiet, and when he was about to depart, he begged permission to speak a few words.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
Doubtless Erasmus knew his Rome well enough before he ventured to send such a fulmination as this into the midst of it.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam|Ephraim Emerton

The reason why these substances deprive the Gold of its fulminating quality, depends on the causes that produce the fulmination.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.|Pierre Joseph Macquer

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