Synonyms for dynamite

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dahy-nuh-mahyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ nəˌmaɪt

Définition of dynamite

Origin : 1867, from Swedish dynamit, coined 1867 by its inventor, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), from Greek dynamis "power" (see dynamic (adj.)) + -ite (2). Figurative sense of "something potentially dangerous" is from 1922. Positive sense of "dynamic and excellent" by mid-1960s, perhaps originally Black English.

noun explosive

Example sentences :

It is said that dynamite must have been used, and that in a very large quantity.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

He was tackling a delicate job—like juggling a car-load of dynamite.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

None of your dynamite pudding that,—as green as grass and as sour as vinegar.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

His hands had been blown away by a dynamite cartridge while fishing in some lagoon.
Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad

The railway will know where to go for dynamite should we get short at any time.
Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad

Kept all the dynamite on the hundred-foot level in an old chamber.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

"Get some dynamite and fuses," ordered Professor Gurlone quietly.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

Go back and have some men bring up hand grenades and dynamite.
Extract from : « The Leech » by Phillips Barbee

Now, if they were not hopelessly medieval they would try a stick of dynamite.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

Into its place she slipped the half dozen sticks of dynamite, with their fuses and caps.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

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