TIL: definition fulminate

fulminated, fulminating to explode with a loud noise; detonate. to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed byagainst ).

(Because “don’t fulminate” is the rule that follows the referenced one :) )

Same. I vaguely remembered "fulmen" from Latin class but I didn't know there was a derived English word.

> from Latin fulminatus, past participle of fulminare "hurl lightning, lighten," figuratively "to thunder," from fulmen (genitive fulminis) "lightning flash," -- from etymonline.com