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Webster 1913 Edition


Fulminating

Ful′mi-na′ting

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Adj.
1.
Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.
2.
Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
Fulminating oil
,
nitroglycerin.
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Fulminating powder
(Chem.)
any violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate.