"fulminant" meaning in English

See fulminant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|fulminant}} French fulminant, {{uder|en|la|fulminō||strike like lightning}} Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fulminant (not comparable)
  1. That fulminates. Tags: not-comparable
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  2. (especially medicine) Appearing quickly and with destructive effects. Tags: especially, not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (coming on quickly and destructively): скоротечен (skorotečen) (Bulgarian), geniální (Czech), brilantní (Czech), skvělý [masculine, neuter] (Czech), foudroyant (French), fulminant (German), fulminante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fulminant-en-adj-nzldpbhx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 38 45 3 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 33 28 37 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 25 36 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 32 23 33 3 0 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 23 33 3 0 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 24 40 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 26 39 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 24 38 2 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 37 26 34 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 37 25 37 2 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'coming on quickly and destructively': 7 93

Noun

Forms: fulminants [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French fulminant, from Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|fulminant}} French fulminant, {{uder|en|la|fulminō||strike like lightning}} Latin fulminō (“strike like lightning”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fulminant (plural fulminants)
  1. A thunderbolt.
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  2. An explosive.
    Sense id: en-fulminant-en-noun-BVp~Md5F

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