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fulminate

[fuhl-muh-neyt] / ˈfʌl məˌneɪt /


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Mr. Lanthimos isn’t the type to thunder and fulminate and declare his themes, and the film doesn’t really align with any particular political outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

You said it better with the Santa example, but I get redundant when I fulminate.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

They fulminate in caustic tirades at the condemned, whose sentence is never in doubt and whose guilt is never in question.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2021

Hill says that watching Trump fulminate made her feel like Alice in Wonderland watching the Queen of Hearts, with her constant shouts of “Off with their heads!”

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

He carefully half-cocked his piece, took off the cap, rubbed the nipple to remove any stray fragments of fulminate, and then let the hammer down on a piece of wadding taken from his cap.

From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by McElroy, John




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