Past tense of fulminate; exploded, detonated, or uttered loudly and vehemently against something.
From Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare. In modern usage, it has both literal meanings (chemical explosion) and figurative meanings (speaking out forcefully against something).
When politicians fulminate against injustice, they're using the same word we use for chemical explosions—language can be just as powerful and sudden as dynamite when the stakes are high enough.
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