Dynamite
noun
A powerful explosive made from nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent material.
The construction workers used dynamite to demolish the old building.
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Incredibly good, exciting or powerful.
His new book is dynamite. I couldn't put it down.
Often appears as...
- dynamite performance
- dynamite effect
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A dangerous or powerful person or thing, especially one who is capable of causing serious trouble or harm.
She's dynamite if you get her mad. Steer clear of her.
Often appears as...
- handle with care
- she's dynamite; short fuse like dynamite; as unpredictable as dynamite
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A powerful explosive made from nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent material.
The construction workers used dynamite to demolish the old building.
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Incredibly good, exciting or powerful.
His new book is dynamite. I couldn't put it down.
Often appears as...
- dynamite performance
- dynamite effect
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A dangerous or powerful person or thing, especially one who is capable of causing serious trouble or harm.
She's dynamite if you get her mad. Steer clear of her.
Often appears as...
- handle with care
- she's dynamite; short fuse like dynamite; as unpredictable as dynamite
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Use
Used in construction or demolition, denotes controlled explosions.
The old bridge was cleared with dynamite for safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Implications
Handling or using it requires extreme care due to its volatility.
Only certified professionals should handle dynamite.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Historically significant for its use in industry and warfare.
Dynamite revolutionized the construction of railways and tunnels.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Use
Used in construction or demolition, denotes controlled explosions.
The old bridge was cleared with dynamite for safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Implications
Handling or using it requires extreme care due to its volatility.
Only certified professionals should handle dynamite.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Historically significant for its use in industry and warfare.
Dynamite revolutionized the construction of railways and tunnels.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Use
Used in construction or demolition, denotes controlled explosions.
The old bridge was cleared with dynamite for safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Implications
Handling or using it requires extreme care due to its volatility.
Only certified professionals should handle dynamite.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Context
Historically significant for its use in industry and warfare.
Dynamite revolutionized the construction of railways and tunnels.
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Video examples
How centuries of sci-fi...
he decides to build a hermetically enclosed balloon-borne carriage that is launched into the air by dynamite and from there, floats through the vacuum of space all the way to the lunar surface. And importantly, he did not develop this story alone, for in the appendix to his tale,
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Protecting the ocean for...
just cyanide and dynamite in order to mr. fish catch it would also include that to our marine sanctuaries uncut the marker boys delineated along the area in order to increase the fishing grounds if only they weren't his friends Billy said he would deport them but this fishermen
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How does the Nobel Peace...
was then mostly known for the invention of dynamite, a breakthrough which launched his career as a successful inventor and businessman. 30 years later, he had become extremely wealthy, but never married, and had no children. When his will was opened after his death,
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Grand Canyon Adventure:...
in an impoverished area and help them save their culture. What's better than that? - Any idea of disrupting this area with your jackhammers, with your machinery or whatever dynamite or explosive you want to bring in here, you're basically destroying a shrine.
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Epic Grand Canyon Hike:...
impoverished area and help them save their culture what's better than that any idea just trust in this area with your jackhammers with your machinery or whatever dynamite or explosive you want to bring in here you're basically
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Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
Before cancer, the world was something other. It was as if I was living in a stagnant pool and cancer dynamited the boulder that was separating me from the larger sea. Now I am swimming in it. Now I lay down in the grass
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Part Ape, Part Human:...
then as they started drilling these holes for the dynamite the foreman probably walked up the hill found all these easy-to-get caves and they had then gone and destroyed every one of those 46 caves and as I said that
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Explosive 9/11 Claims PIPE...
support columns this is a linear shaped charge and it's wired in with the with the dynamite when it cuts it'll cut this column right on this angle and then this
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Coral Gardening PIPE South...
but many reefs have been trampled on smashed by boats and even dynamited in the quest for fish and damaged reefs support fewer fish this could be why the
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Top 5 Inspirational...
but many reefs have been trampled on smashed by boats and even dynamited in the quest for fish and damaged reefs support fewer fish this could be why the
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How centuries of sci-fi...
he decides to build a hermetically enclosed balloon-borne carriage that is launched into the air by dynamite and from there, floats through the vacuum of space all the way to the lunar surface. And importantly, he did not develop this story alone, for in the appendix to his tale,
Video examples
Protecting the ocean for...
just cyanide and dynamite in order to mr. fish catch it would also include that to our marine sanctuaries uncut the marker boys delineated along the area in order to increase the fishing grounds if only they weren't his friends Billy said he would deport them but this fishermen
Video examples
How does the Nobel Peace...
was then mostly known for the invention of dynamite, a breakthrough which launched his career as a successful inventor and businessman. 30 years later, he had become extremely wealthy, but never married, and had no children. When his will was opened after his death,
Video examples
Grand Canyon Adventure:...
in an impoverished area and help them save their culture. What's better than that? - Any idea of disrupting this area with your jackhammers, with your machinery or whatever dynamite or explosive you want to bring in here, you're basically destroying a shrine.
Video examples
Epic Grand Canyon Hike:...
impoverished area and help them save their culture what's better than that any idea just trust in this area with your jackhammers with your machinery or whatever dynamite or explosive you want to bring in here you're basically
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
Before cancer, the world was something other. It was as if I was living in a stagnant pool and cancer dynamited the boulder that was separating me from the larger sea. Now I am swimming in it. Now I lay down in the grass
Video examples
Part Ape, Part Human:...
then as they started drilling these holes for the dynamite the foreman probably walked up the hill found all these easy-to-get caves and they had then gone and destroyed every one of those 46 caves and as I said that
Video examples
Explosive 9/11 Claims PIPE...
support columns this is a linear shaped charge and it's wired in with the with the dynamite when it cuts it'll cut this column right on this angle and then this
Video examples
Coral Gardening PIPE South...
but many reefs have been trampled on smashed by boats and even dynamited in the quest for fish and damaged reefs support fewer fish this could be why the
Video examples
Top 5 Inspirational...
but many reefs have been trampled on smashed by boats and even dynamited in the quest for fish and damaged reefs support fewer fish this could be why the
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Quote examples
Rutger Hauer
Dutch Actor
I think it's dynamite, the way my career has just kept moving, even when people didn't know it did. I made such interesting films, but, yeah, they're not necessarily the big movies that go to the supermarket. I don't need those movies, because I don't wanna do them.
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Guy Fieri
American Businessman
The last thing I'm gonna do is, 'This is dynamite!' That's not my gig, man. I love the mom-and-pop joints. I love giving them recognition, but I'm not gonna blow smoke. We walked out of locations; we've changed locations.
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Alva Myrdal
Swedish Diplomat
Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong.
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Hal Needham
American Director
Of course when you toss a stick of dynamite at a cartoon character, he can come back to life again in the next frame. Getting the same effect with actors is going to be a lot tougher.
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Monica Crowley
American Journalist
Ann Romney has been front-and-center. She's held a lot of town halls, a lot of campaign rallies, on her own, separate from her husband. And she is dynamite out on the campaign trail.
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Hal Sutton
American Athlete
I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian Public Servant
If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.
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James Agee
American Novelist
Several tons of dynamite are set off in this picture - none of it under the right people.
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Katharine Anthony
American Writer
Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.
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Rutger Hauer
Dutch Actor
I think it's dynamite, the way my career has just kept moving, even when people didn't know it did. I made such interesting films, but, yeah, they're not necessarily the big movies that go to the supermarket. I don't need those movies, because I don't wanna do them.
Quote examples
Guy Fieri
American Businessman
The last thing I'm gonna do is, 'This is dynamite!' That's not my gig, man. I love the mom-and-pop joints. I love giving them recognition, but I'm not gonna blow smoke. We walked out of locations; we've changed locations.
Quote examples
Alva Myrdal
Swedish Diplomat
Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite, which would make war so senseless that it would become impossible. He was wrong.
Quote examples
Hal Needham
American Director
Of course when you toss a stick of dynamite at a cartoon character, he can come back to life again in the next frame. Getting the same effect with actors is going to be a lot tougher.
Quote examples
Monica Crowley
American Journalist
Ann Romney has been front-and-center. She's held a lot of town halls, a lot of campaign rallies, on her own, separate from her husband. And she is dynamite out on the campaign trail.
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Hal Sutton
American Athlete
I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
Quote examples
Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian Public Servant
If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
Quote examples
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese Scientist
Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.
Quote examples
James Agee
American Novelist
Several tons of dynamite are set off in this picture - none of it under the right people.
Quote examples
Katharine Anthony
American Writer
Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.
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