fulminate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
Types & categories
- salt hypernym
- mercury fulminate hyponym
Sense 2 verb
criticize severely
He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
Types & categories
- denounce hypernym
Related & opposite
- fulmination derivation
Sense 3 verb
come on suddenly and intensely
the disease fulminated
Types & categories
- come along hypernym
Related & opposite
- fulminant derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
Types & categories
- explode hypernym
Related & opposite
- fulmination derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | salt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mercury fulminate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fulmination |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | denounce |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fulminant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | come along |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fulmination |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | explode |