Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fulminate | Yes | No | Yes | No |
mercury fulminate | Yes | No | No | No |
fulminate (noun) | mercury fulminate (noun) |
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a salt or ester of fulminic acid | a fulminate that when dry explodes violently if struck or heated; used in detonators and blasting caps and percussion caps |
fulminate (verb) | mercury fulminate (verb) |
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cause to explode violently and with loud noise | |
come on suddenly and intensely | |
criticize severely |