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dynamite Definition


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dynamite
noun
    1. Any of a group of powerful blasting explosives, formerly consisting of nitroglycerine absorbed into a porous material, but now usually containing ammonium nitrate or sodium nitrate.
      Thesaurus: trinitrotoluene, TNT, blasting powder, detonator, explosive.
    2. colloq
      A thrilling or dangerous person or thing.
verb
    dynamited, dynamiting
    1. To explode something with dynamite.
Etymology: 19c: from Greek dynamis power.



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