Antonyms for dynamiting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dahy-nuh-mahyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ nəˌmaɪt

Definition of dynamiting

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.

As in pulverize : verb destroy
As in raze : verb flatten, knock down; wipe out
As in blast : verb explode
As in blow up : verb explode

Example sentences :

Fish are wasted on inland streams in the following ways: By dynamiting.
Extract from : « Checking the Waste » by Mary Huston Gregory

He knows who broke into the dynamite shed, and therefore he knows who did the dynamiting.
Extract from : « 'Firebrand' Trevison » by Charles Alden Seltzer

It must be confessed that the dynamiting did very little good.
Extract from : « Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror » by Richard Linthicum

Before you know it, though, you'll be dynamiting the whole establishment.
Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray

They should make you an inspector, and set you to run in them dynamiting Irish coves.
Extract from : « The Mark Of Cain » by Andrew Lang

I happen to go to the inn for a little rest, and I grab you dynamiting the safe.
Extract from : « Seven Keys to Baldpate » by Earl Derr Biggers

In his code the dynamiting of a stream figured as a high crime.
Extract from : « The City of Numbered Days » by Francis Lynde

You told police that the motorboat used in the dynamiting was one of our boats.
Extract from : « Saboteurs on the River » by Mildred A. Wirt

“All the same, Burt had no connection with the dynamiting,” Sara said quickly.
Extract from : « Saboteurs on the River » by Mildred A. Wirt

She could not guess what connection the editor might have with the dynamiting case.
Extract from : « Saboteurs on the River » by Mildred A. Wirt

Synonyms for dynamiting

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