| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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fulminate
1) to utter or publish denunciations, condemnations, censures, or the like; 2) to explode violently
Some political candidates spend more time and money fulminating against their opponents than explaining their own ideas.
Related English words: fulmination, fulminator, fulminatory
Latin root words: fulmen, fulminis, n. - lightning; thunderbolt; fulmino, fulminare - to lightning
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