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dynamite

/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT)
  3. Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
  4. To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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