fulminate

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[ US /ˈfʊɫməˌneɪt/ ]
[ UK /fˈʊlmɪnˌe‍ɪt/ ]

VERB

criticize severely
She railed against the bad social policies
He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
come on suddenly and intensely
the disease fulminated

NOUN

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How To Use fulminate In A Sentence

Not sure if you're being funny or not, but for those playing at home I will simply note that in modern usage "fulminate" usually means "criticize acidly" ... Imagethief
He fulminates against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, best known for forcing restaurants and bus stations in the Jim Crow South to integrate, and against Brown v. Board of Education.
Let the rejectionists fulminate and sputter until they wear their vocal cords out. Mjh's blog — 2009 — October
The mercury fulminate detonates and that causes the loud bang you heard. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
In default of fulminate, he could easily obtain a substance similar to guncotton, since he had azotic acid at his disposal. The Mysterious Island
The only known similarly-named chemical was mercuric cyanate or mercuric fulminate. ANC Daily News Briefing
fulminated" into a blue flame directly in front of Mrs. Peterkin! The Peterkin Papers
So many things to get a bunyip upset, so little time to fulminate about them.
This year I was too busy to fulminate about it, too busy to remonstrate or dismiss or despair, and now the opportunity is gone forever. What I've missed
But in his snappy new opuscule Snark: A Polemic in Seven Fits (Simon & Schuster), Denby fulminates against the epidemic of verbal hazing. Steven G. Kellman: The Snark Ascending

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