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fulmination

[ fuhl-muh-ney-shuhn ]
/ 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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Origin of fulmination

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