fulminous
Britishadjective
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harshly critical
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of, involving, or resembling thunder and lightning
Example Sentences
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These pieces are bracing, argumentative and engineered to show the range of the group members: fulminous, intense collective improvisation; rapid, chromatic steeplechases; research into long tones and textures.
From New York Times
In his last years he would send out funny, fulminous emails decrying America’s state of disunion.
From Time
Last week, for the first time in its 23 years, New York State's famed, fulminous Boxing Commission had a Negro member.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor have I ever heard such a streak of fulminous bad language as Grim swore then, calling earth and all its elements to witness the brimstone anger of a robber chief.
From Project Gutenberg
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