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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
fulminate
ful·min·ate [fulminate fulminates fulminated fulminating] BrE [ˈfʊlmɪneɪt] NAmE [ˈfʊlmɪneɪt] BrE [ˈfʌlmɪneɪt] NAmE [ˈfʌlmɪneɪt] verb intransitive ~ against (sb/sth) (formal) to criticize sb/sth angrily •He was always fulminating against interference from the government. Derived Word: ↑fulmination Verb forms: Word Origin: late Middle English: from Latin fulminat- ‘struck by lightning’, from fulmen, fulmin- ‘lightning’. The earliest sense (derived from medieval Latin fulminare) was ‘denounce formally’, later ‘issue formal censures’ (originally said of the Pope). A sense ‘emit thunder and lightning’, based on the original Latin meaning, arose in the early 17th cent., and hence ‘explode violently’ (late 17th cent.).
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