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fulminate , any salt of fulminic acid, HONC, a highly unstable compound known only in solution. The term is most commonly applied to the explosive mercury (II) fulminate, also called fulminate of mercury, Hg(ONC) 2 . The pure compound forms white cubic crystals. It is made by the action of nitric acid on mercury metal in the presence of alcohol and is often collected as a gray or brown sandy powder. It is very sensitive to heat, shock, or friction and is used in primers, detonators, and blasting caps.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

fulminate thunder forth; orig. a rendering of medL. fulmināre, used spec. of formal censure by eccl. authority. XV. f. pp. stem of L. fulmināre, f. fulmen, -min- lightning; see -ATE3.
So fulmination XVI. — L.

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ful·mi·nate / ˈfoŏlməˌnāt; ˈfəl-/ • v. [intr.] express vehement protest: all fulminated against the new curriculum. ∎ poetic/lit. explode violently or flash like lightning: thunder fulminated around the house. ∎  [usu. as adj.] Med. (fulminating) (of a disease or symptom) develop suddenly and severely: fulminating appendicitis. • n. Chem. a salt or ester of fulminic acid.

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