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dynamite definition

dy·na·mite (dī′nə mīt′)

noun

  1. a powerful explosive made by soaking nitroglycerin into some absorbent, such as ammonium nitrate and wood pulp
  2. Informal anything potentially dangerous

Etymology: coined (1866 or 1867) by Alfred Bernhard Nobel < Gr dynamis: see dynamic

transitive verb dynamited -·mit′ed, dynamiting -·mit′·ing

to blow up or destroy with dynamite

adjective

Slang outstanding; very exciting, effective, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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