dynamite
/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT)
- Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
- To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
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