fulminate
to express vehement protest or criticism
Word origin: From Latin fulminare, to strike with lightning, from fulmen, thunderbolt.
Fulminate in a sentence
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The columnist continued to fulminate against the proposed tax for weeks.
Editorials fulminated against the new tariff, predicting ruin for every exporter in the region.
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Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “fulminate” well
To fulminate is to denounce something loudly and vehemently, usually in the construction fulminate against. The word evokes a verbal explosion, fitting its origin in the language of thunder and detonation.
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