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FULMINATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of exploding with noise and violence

Example:

his fulminations frightened the horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("fulmination" is a kind of...):

burst; explosion (the act of exploding or bursting)

Derivation:

fulminate (cause to explode violently and with loud noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Thunderous verbal attack

Synonyms:

diatribe; fulmination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fulmination" is a kind of...):

denouncement; denunciation (a public act of denouncing)

Derivation:

fulminate (criticize severely)

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