fulminate

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Pronunciation

/ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/(FUL-mih-nayt)

Part of speech

verbformal

Chinese

猛烈抨击；怒斥

Definition

To express vehement protest or criticism; to explode violently.

Word family

  • fulmination/ˌfʌlmɪˈneɪʃən/(n)猛烈抨击

Collocations

  • fulminate against
  • fulminate about
  • public fulmination
  • fulminant attack

Examples

  1. 1.The editorial fulminated against the government's failure to act on climate change. (angrily denounced)
  2. 2.Religious leaders fulminated from the pulpit against what they saw as moral decline. (thundered)

Synonyms

  • denounce/dɪˈnaʊns/— publicly condemn
  • inveigh/ɪnˈveɪ/— speak against vehemently
  • thunder/ˈθʌndə/— speak angrily and loudly

Etymology

from Latin "fulminare" = to strike with lightning — "fulmen" = lightning — to strike like thunder