dynamite
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nəˌmaɪt noun
1.
a high explosive, originally consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent substance, now with ammonium nitrate usually replacing the nitroglycerin.
2.
any person or thing having a spectacular effect.
verb (used with object)
3.
to blow up, shatter, or destroy with dynamite: Saboteurs dynamited the dam.
4.
to mine or charge with dynamite.
adjective
5.
Informal. creating a spectacular or optimum effect; great; topnotch: a dynamite idea; a dynamite crew.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | an explosive consisting of nitroglycerine or ammonium nitrate mixed with kieselguhr, sawdust, or wood pulp |
| 2. | informal a spectacular or potentially dangerous person or thing |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to mine or blow up with dynamite |
| [C19 (coined by Alfred Nobel): from | |
| 'dynamiter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dynamite
1867, from Sw. dynamit, coined 1867 by its inventor, Sw. chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-96), from Gk. dynamis "power." Fig. sense of "something potentially dangerous" is from 1922.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
dynamite  (dī'nə-mīt') Pronunciation Key
A powerful explosive used in blasting and mining. It typically consists of nitroglycerin and a nitrate (especially sodium nitrate or ammonium nitrate), combined with an absorbent material that makes it safer to handle. |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Heroic earthlings fought the aliens with dynamite, napalm, atomic torpedoes and bad acting.
Besides the obvious dangers, some adits have been known to contain old mining supplies such as dynamite or blasting caps.
The various fires raged all day and the fire department has been powerless to do anything except dynamite buildings threatened.
And that stick of dynamite exploded all over the adjacent territory.
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