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ful·mi·nat·ing

(ful'mi-nā'ting),

Running a rapid course, worsening quickly.

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fulminant

adjective Referring to an abrupt and severe onset of a new disease or condition, or deterioration of a previously diagnosed and managed disorder; the term usually refers to cancer or severe infection and would rarely, if ever, be used for trauma-induced conditions.

ful·mi·nat·ing

(ful'mi-nāt-ing)

Running a speedy course, with rapid worsening.

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fulminating

Sudden, severe and following an intense rapid course. Fulminant.

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I shall continue to eat and drink what I like in moderation and scientists can go and fulminate in their laboratories to their heart's content (until some survey discovers fulminating is bad for you as well).

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Her function, after the worst of his fulminating had subsided, was to agree, first of all, with his point of view.

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"Much of it has been uninformed, misinformed or downright subversive," he was reported as fulminating.

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A visionary with a keen social conscience, Blake was here fulminating against the injustice meted out to such people in his native London.

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Based on the story "Tintin in Tibet," the show features the key figures from the much-beloved series: the never-say-die hero, his trusty dog Snowy and the extravagantly fulminating Captain Haddock.