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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FULMINATE

From Medieval Latin fulmināre.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FULMINATE

fulminate  [ˈfʌlmɪˌneɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FULMINATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fulminate is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb fulminate in English.

WHAT DOES FULMINATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fulminate

Fulminates are chemical compounds which include the fulminate ion. The fulminate ion, CNO− is a pseudohalic ion, acting like a halogen with its charge and reactivity. Due to the instability of the ion, fulminate salts are friction-sensitive explosives. The best known is mercury fulminate, which has been used as a primary explosive in detonators. Fulminates can be formed from metals, such as silver and mercury, dissolved in nitric acid and reacted with ethanol. It is largely the presence of the weak single nitrogen-oxygen bond which leads to its instability. Nitrogen very easily forms a stable triple bond to another nitrogen atom, forming gaseous nitrogen.

Definition of fulminate in the English dictionary

The first definition of fulminate in the dictionary is often foll by against to make criticisms or denunciations; rail. Other definition of fulminate is to explode with noise and violence. Fulminate is also to thunder and lighten.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FULMINATE

PRESENT

Present
I fulminate
you fulminate
he/she/it fulminates
we fulminate
you fulminate
they fulminate
Present continuous
I am fulminating
you are fulminating
he/she/it is fulminating
we are fulminating
you are fulminating
they are fulminating
Present perfect
I have fulminated
you have fulminated
he/she/it has fulminated
we have fulminated
you have fulminated
they have fulminated
Present perfect continuous
I have been fulminating
you have been fulminating
he/she/it has been fulminating
we have been fulminating
you have been fulminating
they have been fulminating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I fulminated
you fulminated
he/she/it fulminated
we fulminated
you fulminated
they fulminated
Past continuous
I was fulminating
you were fulminating
he/she/it was fulminating
we were fulminating
you were fulminating
they were fulminating
Past perfect
I had fulminated
you had fulminated
he/she/it had fulminated
we had fulminated
you had fulminated
they had fulminated
Past perfect continuous
I had been fulminating
you had been fulminating
he/she/it had been fulminating
we had been fulminating
you had been fulminating
they had been fulminating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will fulminate
you will fulminate
he/she/it will fulminate
we will fulminate
you will fulminate
they will fulminate
Future continuous
I will be fulminating
you will be fulminating
he/she/it will be fulminating
we will be fulminating
you will be fulminating
they will be fulminating
Future perfect
I will have fulminated
you will have fulminated
he/she/it will have fulminated
we will have fulminated
you will have fulminated
they will have fulminated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been fulminating
you will have been fulminating
he/she/it will have been fulminating
we will have been fulminating
you will have been fulminating
they will have been fulminating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would fulminate
you would fulminate
he/she/it would fulminate
we would fulminate
you would fulminate
they would fulminate
Conditional continuous
I would be fulminating
you would be fulminating
he/she/it would be fulminating
we would be fulminating
you would be fulminating
they would be fulminating
Conditional perfect
I would have fulminate
you would have fulminate
he/she/it would have fulminate
we would have fulminate
you would have fulminate
they would have fulminate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been fulminating
you would have been fulminating
he/she/it would have been fulminating
we would have been fulminating
you would have been fulminating
they would have been fulminating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you fulminate
we let´s fulminate
you fulminate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to fulminate
Past participle
fulminated
Present Participle
fulminating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FULMINATE


abominate
əˈbɒmɪˌneɪt
contaminate
kənˈtæmɪˌneɪt
criminate
ˈkrɪmɪˌneɪt
culminate
ˈkʌlmɪˌneɪt
decontaminate
ˌdiːkənˈtæmɪˌneɪt
delaminate
diːˈlæmɪˌneɪt
discriminate
dɪˈskrɪmɪˌneɪt
disseminate
dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt
dominate
ˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
eliminate
ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt
examinate
ɪɡˈzæmɪˌneɪt
exterminate
ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt
germinate
ˈdʒɜːmɪˌneɪt
illuminate
ɪˈluːmɪˌneɪt
inseminate
ɪnˈsɛmɪˌneɪt
laminate
ˈlæmɪˌneɪt
nominate
ˈnɒmɪˌneɪt
predominate
prɪˈdɒmɪˌneɪt
ruminate
ˈruːmɪˌneɪt
terminate
ˈtɜːmɪˌneɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FULMINATE

fullery
fullish
fullness
fully
fully fashioned
fully fledged
fully-featured
fully-fitted kitchen
fulmar
fulminant
fulminate of mercury
fulminating powder
fulmination
fulminator
fulminatory
fulmine
fulminic acid
fulminous
fulness
fulsome

WORDS THAT END LIKE FULMINATE

alginate
aluminate
assassinate
caseinate
combinate
coordinate
determinate
donate
fascinate
hallucinate
indeterminate
indiscriminate
indoctrinate
marinate
ordinate
originate
paginate
procrastinate
subordinate
succinate
urinate

Synonyms and antonyms of fulminate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FULMINATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fulminate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fulminate

Translation of «fulminate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FULMINATE

Find out the translation of fulminate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fulminate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fulminate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雷酸盐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fulminar
570 millions of speakers

English

fulminate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fulminate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شجب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гремучая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fulminar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিস্ফোরিত হত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fulminer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fulminate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wettern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

声高に非難する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소리 지르다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fulminate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुंकणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

patlamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fulminate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psioczyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гримуча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fulgera
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κροτικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

donder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fulminate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fulminate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fulminate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FULMINATE»

The term «fulminate» is regularly used and occupies the 102.488 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FULMINATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fulminate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULMINATE»

Discover the use of fulminate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fulminate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Preparatory Manual of Explosives
Then place 3 grams of this tin/sulfur powder mixture into a clean beaker, and then add 30 grams of freshly prepared moist mercury fulminate, then 6 grams of powdered dry flour, and then 2 grams of powdered charcoal. Then carefully blend ...
Jared Ledgard, 2007
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The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties: A - F, Index
Fulminate was released from prison and later confessed to Sarivola's fiancé. The State of Arizona prosecuted Fulminate for murder. During the trial, Fulminate attempted to have the confessions deemed inadmissible. The trial court disagreed.
Paul Finkelman, 2006
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A system of chemistry of inorganic bodies
Fulminate of gold. When a weak solution of chloride of gold is added to liquid fulminate of barytes, a dark precipitate slowly separates. When washed and dried on the filter, it has a chocolate brown colour, and explodes with a loud report, and  ...
Thomas Thomson, 1831
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The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science; with ...
double neutral salt is much preferable to that of the simple neutral fulminate of that metal, as in the latter case there will be produced, as before shown, a proto- salt of iron, which reacts on the acid fulminate, occasioning its more or less rapid  ...
Sir William Crookes, 1776
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The Chemistry of Explosives
CHEMICAL DATA ON EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS Primary Explosives Mercury Fulminate. Mercury fulminate (C2N2O2Hg) (2.1) is obtained by treating a solution of mercuric nitrate with alcohol in nitric acid. (2.1) This reaction, together with its ...
Jacqueline Akhavan, 2011
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Modern Methods and Applications in Analysis of Explosives
Mercury Fulminate Molecular formula: Hg(ONC)2. Molecular weight: 284.65. Mercury fulminate, which commercially is in the form of a gray powder, is one of the important primary explosives. It is thermally unstable and very sensitive to impact ...
Jehuda Yinon, Shmuel Zitrin, 1996
7
Military Explosives
precipitated fulminate is of essentially the same granulation as the impure material. The precipitated pure fulminate is washed with distilled water until free of acid. The yield is 80 to 87 percent. e. Mercury fulminate for military use consists of ...
‎1989
8
Initiation and Growth of Explosion in Liquids and Solids
Lead styphnate, sodium fulminate and mercury fulminate resemble the secondary explosives, and the explosion develops from the point of initiation as an accelerating burning which may pass over into a detonation. Essentially similar results ...
Frank Philip Bowden, A. D. Yoffe, 1983
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Primary Explosives
Cadmium fulminate forms white crystals that are soluble in alcohol. It is hygroscopic but dry cadmium fulminate is stable (in desiccator above CaClZ) [15] . As briefly mentioned in the previous chapter, fulminates are capable of forming a variety ...
Robert Matyáš, Jiří Pachman, 2013
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Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science
In fact, whilst a few decigrammes of fulminate of mercury induce the explosion of dynamite, iodide of nitrogen, sufficient in quantity to be mechanically equivalent to the fulminate, is unable to explode the dynamite. In presence of a suitable ...
‎1773

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULMINATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fulminate is used in the context of the following news items.
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... you think? Is this return to the 19th century a conceit too far, or are you as excited as ever? Fulminate or rhapsodise in the comments below. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Should Jindal and Vitter make taxpayers fund their campaigns …
Most egregiously, Jindal uses the state's working poor as pawns so he can fulminate against the Affordable Care Act on the campaign trail. «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
3
Democrats should regret sticking it to Rauner
Because, you know, the two sides haven't had enough time yet to fulminate, paw the ground and impugn one another's motives and character. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Genre: Sepp Blatter settles with Platini Germany and England
As “Looking” further reported, the FIFA President accused the English to fulminate from calculus against FIFA . They lost their former supremacy ... «New Day Post, Jul 15»
5
Surely Africa, don't you think this gay bashing is getting a bit tiresome?
... but this seems to disappear whenever homosexuality comes up, disturbingly abetted by the very same church leaders who readily fulminate ... «Mail & Guardian Africa, Jul 15»
6
In London, black cabs may soon be a relic of the past
Traditional cabbies may fulminate against the ill-regulated nature of the company and its drivers, but nobody's listening because the crushing ... «The National, Jul 15»
7
Happy 4th: A Nation Pulling Apart and Norman Rockwell
... community and the cops are facing off, saying among themselves: “they close ranks; they stick together” and fear and distrust fulminate. «Patheos, Jul 15»
8
What Mike Ashley's old schoolmate told me at the barbecue
I think the assumption is that anyone that sounds vaguely like I do is a supporter, and will be happy to fulminate on the subject. One bloke ... «The Mag, Jul 15»
9
David Cameron must seize the Heathrow moment
Boris Johnson, the London mayor, would fulminate. New routes to Asia. Cameron should do it regardless. Government policy must be a third ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
10
Greece must face up to reality
... to the demands of Greece's creditors, then went on television to fulminate against Europe and its “autocratic and anti-democratic” leadership, ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

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