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dynamite

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/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/ English

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noun

  1. A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.
  2. A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT)
  3. Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.

verb

  1. To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.

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