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fulminate


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noun

Definition of FULMINATE

: an often explosive salt (as mercury fulminate) containing the group −CNO

Origin of FULMINATE

fulminic acid, from Latin fulmin-, fulmen
First Known Use: 1826

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alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

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