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dynamite

noun
/ˈdʌɪnəmʌɪt/UK/ˈdaɪ.nəˌmaɪt/US/ˈdɪ.nəˌmaɪt/

Etymology

Coined by Alfred Nobel in 1867. Ultimately from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”) + -ite, most likely under the influence of dynamo or dynamic.

  1. derived from δύναμις

Definitions

  1. A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr,…

    A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.

  2. A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).

  3. Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.

    • Even though sometimes I take differing views from some articles and letters in GCN, I think it's a dynamite piece of work. Good luck and thanks again.
    • And your shoulders are frozen (Cold as the night) / Oh, but you're an explosion (You're dynamite)
    • That girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body. He warned us: "That issue about what's been happening at that factory, is political dynamite. Keep the lid on it."
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana.

    2. To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.

      • Gradually the construction gangs cut and dynamited their way through some of the most difficult country in the world.
      • [...] on Sunday, August 23, the L.N.W.R. tunnel was closed to enable the old brickwork to be dynamited away, traffic being diverted meanwhile through the M.R. tunnel.

    3. To dismantle or destroy.

      • Even the successful battle in the last century to overturn the court’s infamous Plessy vs. Ferguson “separate but equal” doctrine wasn’t a frontal assault that dynamited precedent.

    4. To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.

      • dynamite the brakes
      • Juan dynamited the brakes and the car skidded to a halt.
      • The 1977 Pontiacs had a tendency of dying if you were at high speed and dynamited the brakes.

    5. To lock up from being invoked too suddenly.

      • the brakes will dynamite

    6. A sub-sitio in the sitio of Hilltop, barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.

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Derived

boom goes the dynamite, dynamite charge, dynamite roll, dynamite tree, dynamitic, dynamitish, dynamitism, dynamitist, predynamite, dynamiter, undynamited

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dynamite. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA