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fulmination::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | diatribe |
| Type of | denouncement, denunciation |
| Derivation | fulminate |
Examples of fulmination
fulmination
A small, barren, shedlike office in the back corner suggests a vacant loneliness behind all the fulmination.
From the nytimes.com
In a way the most revealing part of the work may be a small barren shedlike office behind all the fulmination.
From the nytimes.com
He seeks to prove that much fulmination to the contrary, America's participation in the war was not immoral.
From the time.com
As Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, she made her debut with a 25-minute fulmination against the European Community.
From the time.com
Libya was on the brink of tectonic change as NEWSWEEK went to press, with the regime of Muammar Gaddafi in a state of dramatic fulmination and ruin.
From the newsweek.com
There is passionate disagreement, but little fulmination about the morals of the borrowers or lenders, or the people arguing for different solutions.
From the theatlantic.com
The fulmination that ensued was predictable enough that Yishai might have held back if he'd paused to anticipate how the ruckus would be diverted his way.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
The Russian Orthodox Church was torn in two by revolution and regicide, by the enmity between communism and capitalism, nearly a century of fulmination and hatred.
From the time.com
Hence the righteous fulmination from critics left and right against measures the Bush Administration has put in place to detain, question and try suspected terrorists.
From the time.com
The fulmination all comes from the gainsayers like George, cherry picking people to criticise, not on what they say, but so that he can abuse them for their sex, age, race and level of wealth.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Thunderous verbal attack
- The act of exploding with noise and violence; "his fulminations frightened the horses"
- (fulminate) a salt or ester of fulminic acid
- (fulminate) criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
- (fulminate) come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"
- (fulminate) cause to explode violently and with loud noise
- The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation; The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority; That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure
- (fulminate) (v) - to loudly denounce; to attack
- (fulminate) strictly, a salt of fulminic acid (HONC), sometimes called paracyanic acid. More broadly, especially in older literature, the term is applied to almost any easily detonated material and is essentially a synonym for primary explosive.
