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Meanings of fulmination (fulminations) in English

Portuguese
diatribe

Thunderous verbal attack.

diatribe
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Examples for "diatribe"
Examples for "diatribe"
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That set her loose on a diatribe against the French Foreign Legion.
Consent to kill: a thriller
2
The Vulcan did not lack for a response to the accused's diatribe.
Star trek movie tie-in
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But what might an actual Marxist diatribe on these issues look like?
The Guardian
4
An anti-Catholic diatribe, it caused furious walkouts when it premiered in Dublin.
The Guardian
5
He had listened to Tangye's diatribe in a white heat of impatience.
Australia Felix
Usage of fulminations in English
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But notwithstanding the fulminations of the church, the expedition never reached Palestine.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2
2
Proximity to the Church of Rome divests its fulminations of half their terrors.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
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Then Jeppe would break out into fulminations against the new times.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
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There are precedents for such fulminations, but not from US leaders.
The Guardian
5
Poor Tubbs, astounded at these fulminations, was already rapidly descending by the rigging.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
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The minister preached against Quakers and witchcraft, and shook the rafters with his fulminations.
Audrey
7
He little dreamed what ears heard his fulminations and what deadly peril threatened him.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 05 (of 15), German
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The fulminations ranged from accusations of blasphemy to cultural appropriation.
The Guardian
9
He had the courage of his convictions in spite of the fulminations of St. Bernard.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages / A Description of Mediaeval ...
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The demand for it spread very rapidly, in spite of papal fulminations and penal enactments.
Cuba, Old and New
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In vain did the great St. Nicolas warn his flock by exhortations, threats, and fulminations.
The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas / 1920
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She turned aside the fulminations of M. de Corbiere.
The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X
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No fulminations against fashion have ever effected reforms.
Manners and Social Usages
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After all your fulminations against the tribe!
Dangerous Ages
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Socola on his arrival at Montgomery from Charleston read these fulminations from the North with amazement and rage.
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
16
No churchly fulminations might silence his batteries; because he had camouflaged them, and they were not to be seen.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution / A Course of Lectures in History, G...
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Translations for fulminations
Portuguese
diatribe
Fulminations through the time