The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fulminating oil
Fulminating \Ful"mi*na"ting\, a.
Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.
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Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.
Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin.
Fulminating powder (Chem.) any violently explosive powder, but especially one of the fulminates, as mercuric fulminate.