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fulminate
F UH1 L M AH0 N EY2 T : /fʌlˈmɪn.eɪt/
Verb
1. To detonate or explode, or to cause something to detonate.
2. To make a verbal attack.
3. To issue a denunciation.
[Source: Wiktionary]
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
come on suddenly and intensely
criticize severely
[Source: WordNet]
He also has a blog where he has been fulminating about the event and wallowing in his own incomprehension. It's funny stuff... Link
Why do we continue to fulminate over something that is not going to be answered anytime soon? Link
I don’t need to fulminate about the educational outcome if this panoply of gobbledygook is funneled into the heads of Canadian children. Link
it is very possible that conditions on the Virgin Atlantic plane were exactly as awful as described, and I do not find it acceptable to keep... But with people looking for almost any excuse to fulminate against airlines these days, there's a certain risk of embellishment. Link
The funny thing about this article is that it has smoked out a kooky astrologer, who is quite irate. He fulminates about the article... Link
Science is window dressing to modern astrologers; they don't get to fulminate indignantly by pointing at the astronomy element they've incorporated into their delusions ... Link
Let's hope the next time he answers a reader question, he'll tell us at length what we can do with the sleeping 80% of our brains. (I use mine for fulminating at morons, how about you?) Link
When Rabbi Hirschfield fulminates against atheism, he might remember some of the things done in the name of Judaism, including ... turning women into second-class citizens, Link
In the past I've fulminated about various social networking systems. The basic gist is this: the utility of a social network to any given user is proportional to the number of users it has. Link
The disgruntled diner, now able to make or break a restaurant through sheer collective will. Against this leveling of critical power, the old guard fulminates. Link
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