Main Entry: ¹ful·mi·nate

Pronunciation: \-ˌnāt\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): ful·mi·nat·ed; ful·mi·nat·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare, from Latin, to strike (of lightning), from fulmin-, fulmen lightning; akin to Latin flagrare to burn — more at black

Date: 15th century

transitive verb : to utter or send out with denunciation <fulminate a decree>intransitive verb : to send forth censures or invectives

— ful·mi·na·tion \ˌfu̇l-mə-ˈnā-shən, ˌfəl-\ noun