fulminating oil

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fulminating oil - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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