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fulminate

/fuhl-muh-neyt/US // ˈfʌl məˌneɪt //UK // (ˈfʌlmɪˌneɪt, ˈfʊl-) //

鞭策,鞭打,惨痛的教训,惨痛的经历

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v.无主动词 verb
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    ful·mi·nat·ed, ful·mi·nat·ing.

    • : to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
    • : to issue denunciations or the like: The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
v.有主动词 verb
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    ful·mi·nat·ed, ful·mi·nat·ing.

    • : to cause to explode.
    • : to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
n.名词 noun
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    • : one of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, especially the mercury salt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent.

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Examples

  • The gun nuts—and obviously, not all gun owners are nuts, not even a majority—fulminate endlessly about their rights.

  • With Osama bin Laden inconveniently dead, the party out of power needs someone to fulminate against.

  • This flare was communicated to the percussion cap, or fulminate of mercury, at the base of the cartridge.

  • Mercury fulminate is more often employed in the detonator, and is prepared from mercury, alcohol, and nitric acid.

  • The most tremendous explosives refuse to explode unless some detonator like fulminate of mercury is set off first.

  • Digest copper (in powder or filings) with fulminate of mercury or of silver, and a little water.

  • It greatly resembles fulminate of silver in its appearance and general properties.