EGAVE

dynamite

About 1.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
  2. noun A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
  3. noun Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
  4. noun A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana.
  5. verb To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
  6. verb To dismantle or destroy.
  7. verb To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.
    dynamite the brakes
  8. verb To lock up from being invoked too suddenly.
    the brakes will dynamite

Similar words

gelatine powder gunpowder bomb explosive boy extra gelignite nitroglycerin blasting powder

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Word family

dynamited dynamiter dynamiters dynamites dynamitic dynamiting

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