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Fulminating oil

Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a.

  1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.

  2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.

    Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.

    Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate.