- fulminate ( with a flame)
- (th) a fulmina; a fulgera; (mil) a detona; a exploda
English-Romanian technical dictionary. 2013.
English-Romanian technical dictionary. 2013.
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phlegm — [14] Greek phlégma denoted ‘bodily fluid produced by inflammation’ (it was a derivative of phlégein ‘burn’, which went back to the same Indo European base as produced English flagrant, flame, fulminate, and phlox [18] – in Greek literally… … Word origins
Violence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Violence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 violence violence inclemency vehemence might impetuosity Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 effervescence effervescence ebullition Sgm … English dictionary for students
bleak — [16] Bleak originally meant ‘pale’, and comes ultimately from an Indo European base *bhleg , possible source of black and a variant of *phleg , which produced Greek phlégein ‘burn’ and Latin flagrāre ‘burn’ (whence English conflagration and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins