dynamite
A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
Other meanings
A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
Related words
- boom goes the dynamite
- dynamite charge
- dynamite roll
- dynamite tree
- dynamitic
- dynamitish
- dynamitism
- dynamitist
- predynamite
Word history
From Ancient Greek "δύναμις" (power).
Where this comes from
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