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Webster 1913 Edition
Dynamite
Dy′na-mite
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] power. See
Dynamic
.] (Chem.)
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.
Definition 2024
dynamite
dynamite
See also: dynamité
English
Noun
dynamite (usually uncountable, plural dynamites)
- A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.
- (figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
- 2016, Kit Moulton, Annabella (page 108)
- That girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body.
- 2016, Kit Moulton, Annabella (page 108)
Synonyms
Translations
class of explosives
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figuratively
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Verb
dynamite (third-person singular simple present dynamites, present participle dynamiting, simple past and past participle dynamited)
- To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
Translations
to blow up with dynamite or other high explosive