fulgurate

Meanings

• Verb

  To flash or shine with sudden, brilliant light, especially as a result of an electrical discharge.

• Noun

  The sudden and brilliant flash of lightning.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with fulgurate
thunderate , perpetuate , accelerate

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Variants

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fulgurate , fulgurated , fulgurates , fulgurating , fulguration , fulgurations

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Forms

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fulgurates, fulgurated, fulgurating

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Etymology

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From Latin fulgur, 'thunderbolt, flash of lightning'.

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Trivia

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1. Fulgurate is the past tense and past participle of the Latin verb fulgurare, which means 'to flash, shine, or be brilliant'.

2. The word 'fulgurate' is not commonly used in everyday language, but is often found in poetry and scientific texts.

3. Fulgurite is a type of mineral formed when a lightning bolt strikes the ground and melts the surrounding rock.

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Related Concepts

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1. Lightning: A natural electric discharge that occurs between a cloud and the ground, or within a cloud, accompanied by a bright flash and often also thunder.

2. Thunder: The loud, explosive sound caused by the rapid expansion and explosion of air in the atmosphere, caused by a lightning bolt.

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Culture

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Fulgurate has been used extensively in literature and poetry to describe the sudden and brilliant flash of lightning. It is also used figuratively to describe a sudden and dramatic event or revelation.

How to Memorize "fulgurate"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a bright flash of lightning in a stormy night sky.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'fulgurate' with the image of a lightning bolt.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Fulgurate means flash, like a lightning's fate.'

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