(v. t.) To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cerebral edema is a serious complication of the encephalopathy in fulminant hepatic failure.
(2) This paper details the first case report of a patient with fulminant, gangrenous, ischemic colitis caused by polyarteritis nodosa which was successfully treated surgically.
(3) Two cases have been examined in detail, one because of a fulminant shock after synthetic ACTH and the other because of very high antibody titres without clinical symptoms of ACTH allergy.
(4) Histopathology of the tissues infected by M. incognitus varied from no pathological changes to fulminant necrosis with or without an associated inflammatory reaction.
(5) This is the first case of a fulminant phase of mumps ventriculitis leading to aqueductal stenosis, which has been treated using a ventriculoscope for the first time.
(6) Hyperacute rejection is uncommon, although syndromes of fulminant graft failure due to immunological mechanisms have been described.
(7) Prolonged disturbance of consciousness associated with periodic EEG discharges developed in a 57-year-old male after fulminant hepatitis.
(8) A 23-year old female patient on a prolonged regimen of tuberculostatic chemotherapy finally developed fulminant hepatic failure shortly after addition of hormonal contraception.
(9) Such markers are prerequisites for therapeutic trials with potent drugs which are only justified for patients with fulminant hepatitis and patients with progression to chronicity.
(10) We conclude that liver transplantation can be applied successfully to the difficult clinical problem of fulminant and subacute hepatic failure.
(11) One case of fulminating disease showed a change to slow progression and survived a year longer than was otherwise expected.
(12) Splenectomy was performed on one twin at age seven years who survived a complicating pneumococcal septicaemia ten days after the procedure, but who succumbed to fulminating infection three years later.
(13) Symptoms continued to worsen, however, and the patient died of fulminant hepatic necrosis.
(14) The fulminant collection of pseudopolyps was palable in the epigastrium on physical exam and caused a partial obstruction to the retrograde flow of barium.
(15) Two of the patients (both teenagers) died of fulminant infection during the first 36 hours of therapy and one elderly woman developed aspiration pneumonia requiring penicillin therapy to be prolonged beyond four days.
(16) Sudden enhanced replication of a HBV mutant as a result of such therapy can be a cause of either very severe hepatitis or occasionally fulminant hepatitis.
(17) In addition to the classic signs of a fulminant ruptured ectopic pregnancy, a history of upper abdominal pain was the only distinguishing feature.
(18) These findings indicate that flumazenil may be valuable in treatment of acute HE occurring in fulminant hepatic failure or in decompensated cirrhosis.
(19) In the absence of definitive medical treatment for severe fulminant hepatic failure, liver transplantation may be appropriate in selected patients.
(20) The spectrum of disease patterns ranges from a benign form to a very fulminant and occasionally fatal one.
Thunder
Definition:
(n.) The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
(n.) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
(n.) Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.
(n.) An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.
(n.) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
(n.) Fig.: To make a loud noise; esp. a heavy sound, of some continuance.
(n.) To utter violent denunciation.
(v. t.) To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Thunder now have a 2-0 series lead but can't afford to let their guard down considering they're about to face a wounded and fired up Kobe Bryant at home.
(2) The Oklahoma City Thunder, like most of the pre-postseason favorites, actually seemed to right themselves in Game 7 of their tougher-than-expected-series with the Memphis Grizzlies.
(3) It's hard to imagine a more masculine character than Thor, who is based on the god of thunder of Norse myth: he's the strapping, hammer-wielding son of Odin who, more often than not, sports a beard and likes nothing better than smacking frost giants.
(4) Last year, Feinstein thundered against the NSA monitoring Merkel, even as the senator remained a staunch supporter of most other NSA surveillance, to include its domestic operations.
(5) The Clippers rallied at the end of the period, outscoring the Thunder 8-0 to take a 90-86 lead.
(6) We are told the thunder and lightning made it impossible for the engineers to position the control room barge, thus delaying the operation.
(7) The Thunder, who seemed in perfect position to take a commanding 3-1 series lead until the game's final minutes instead find themselves tied 2-2 with an incredibly talented Clippers team that has luck, momentum and even public sentiment on its side.
(8) Washington always throws its weight around with willing sidekicks like Australia, but the convention is to do it in private, not thunder unpredictably in public about what you might or might not do, and issue contradictory statements about bilateral agreements agreed between leaders.
(9) Seven tonnes of thunderous fireworks lit up the night sky at Sydney harbour for the 1.5m revellers who lined the shores to welcome the new year in Australia.
(10) Their massed voices roll like thunder across the open-sided, scaffold-roofed stadium.
(11) Ribery lashes the thing towards goal with thunderous fury, Pyatov does well to get down and save, but Mamadou Sakho is on hand to tuck the ball home from close range.
(12) 2.28am GMT 15 mins Saborio seeks to redeem himself with a spot of helpful cheating, completely failing to take his distance at a Galaxy free-kick and somehow getting away with it - blocking the set piece near half-way and launching an RSL counter that concludes with Kyle Beckerman thundering a shot towards goal from the edge of the box.
(13) Durant’s Thunder team-mate Russell Westbrook and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers also withdrew because of health concerns.
(14) The Warriors and Thunder gave us the best game of the year There's usually no better way to ensure a game won't be memorable than to hype it up as a potential playoff preview.
(15) In the three weeks since McCrory, a Republican, signed the legislation, a battery of prominent businesses and celebrities have issued thundering denunciations.
(16) The Xbox One has beat-em-'up Killer Instinct and game creation package Project Spark, while PS4 has third-person shooter Warframe and flight combat sim, War Thunder.
(17) We have seen a complete failure on the part of the Turnbull government to properly negotiate resettlement arrangements with PNG and to negotiate resettlement arrangements with third country options,” he thundered.
(18) With the eight lanes of France’s most famous avenue cleared of all traffic on Paris’s first car-free day , the usual cacophony of car-revving and thundering motorbike engines had given way to the squeak of bicycle wheels, the clatter of skateboards, the laughter of children on rollerblades and even the gentle rustling of wind in the trees.
(19) A thunderous mix of vuvuzelas and roars from the crowd greeted the former South African president as he was driven across the pitch in a golf cart with his wife Graça Machel.
(20) The product of energy flux and efficiency implies the unexpected conclusion that shocks occurring on atmospheric entry of cometary meteors and micrometeorites and from thunder may have been the principal energy sources for pre-biological organic synthesis on the primitive earth.