dynamite
IPA: dˈaɪnʌmaɪt
noun
- A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
- (informal, proscribed) A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
- (figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
- (slang) A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana.
verb
- To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
- (figuratively) To dismantle or destroy.
- (transitive, of brakes) To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.
- (intransitive, of brakes) To lock up from being invoked too suddenly.
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Examples of "dynamite" in Sentences
- Enemies include dynamite and witches.
- Dynamite was eventually used to clear it.
- The bridge was then destroyed by dynamite.
- In the middle there is a stick of Dynamite.
- At that moment, the dynamite did not explode.
- Peanuts are used in the production of dynamite.
- We can camouflage the dynamite next to the tents.
- Military dynamite is not as powercful as commercial dynamite.
- At the lab, Greg tells Nick that it was dynamite with sawdust in it.
- He is best known for the development of the pneumatic dynamite torpedo gun.