dynamite
About 1.21 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
- noun A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
- noun Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
- noun A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana.
- verb To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
- verb To dismantle or destroy.
- verb To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.
dynamite the brakes
- 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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