late Middle English: from Latin fulminat-struck by lightning, from fulmen, fulmin-lightning. The earliest sense (derived from medieval Latin fulminare) was denounce formally, later issue formal censures (originally said of the Pope). A sense emit thunder and lightning, based on the original Latin meaning, arose in the early 17th cent., and hence explode violently (late 17th cent.)
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noun
1.a salt or ester of fulminic acid
vern
1.criticize severely;
He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare