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Meaning of Fulminate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈfʌlmɪneɪt

Definitions

Any salt or ester of fulminic acid, mostly explosive.

Equivalents

العربية إنفجر
Deutsch Fulminat
Español fulminar fulminato
Français foudroyer fulminate
Italiano fulminate
Nederlands fulmineren
Polski grzmieć grzmocić grzmotnąć pomstować potępiać potępić złorzeczyć
Português fulminar
Русский порицать

Examples

“On 19 February a jubilant Bigeard announced that his 3rd R.P.C. had seized eighty-seven bombs, seventy kilos of explosive, 5,120 fulminate of mercury detonators, 309 electric detonators, etc.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Fulminated Fulminates Fulminating fulminating gold fulminating silver Fulmination

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