Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Fulmination

Fulmination , noun

[Latin fulminatio a darting of lightning: compare French fulmination.]

1.
The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
2.
The act of thundering forth threats or censures, as with authority.
3.
That which is fulminated or thundered forth; vehement menace or censure.
The fulminations from the Vatican were turned into ridicule. — Ayliffe