fulminate
n. US //ˈfʊɫməˌneɪt// UK //fˈʊlmɪnˌeɪt// ful·mi·nate
Inherited from Middle English fulminaten, borrowed from Latin fulminātus, perfect passive participle of fulminō (“to lighten, hurl or strike with lightning”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fulmen (“lightning which strikes and sets on fire, thunderbolt”), from earlier fulgmen, fulgimen, from fulgeō, fulgō (“flash, lighten”). Doublet of fulmine. More at fulgent.
From fulminic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).