fulmination
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /fʌlmɪˈneɪʃən/
fulmination
- The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
- The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
- 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, chapter 23
- It is curious, reading the fulminations of American purists of the last generation, to note how many of the Americanisms they denounced have not only got into perfectly good usage at home but even broken down all guards across the ocean.
- 1919, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, chapter 23
- That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
- fulminate
- fulminator
- fulminating compound
- fulminic acid
- Russian: осужде́ние
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