Word: fulminate

Category: fulminate

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Synonyms: fulminate

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: fulminate

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spanish
Translations:
fulminar
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french
Translations:
fulminer, tonner, tonitruer
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russian
Translations:
взрывать, греметь, сверкать
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finnish
Translations:
arvostella, kritisoida, sättiä
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czech
Translations:
vybuchnout, hřímat
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polish
Translations:
grzmieć
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greek
Translations:
δριμύτατα, επικρίνω
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ukrainian
Translations:
блискати, блисніть, вибухати, підривати, гриміти
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estonian
Translations:
plahvatama, kärkima

The meaning and "use of": fulminate

noun
  • a salt or ester of fulminic acid. - In the short span of years between 1807 and 1820, metallic fulminates proved an efficient method for igniting powder charges and developed into the familiar and practical percussion cap.
verb
  • express vehement protest. - all fulminated against the new curriculum

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