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Dynamite

Dynamite Meaning & Definition
Dynamite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dynamite?

[n] an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
[v] blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dynamite:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dynamite: annihilate | Ballistite | cellulose nitrate | cordite | decimate | demolish | dismantle | dissolve | explosive | gunpowder | high explosive | melinite | nitrocotton | nitroglycerin | plastic explosive | powder | raze | ruin | shatter | smokeless powder | TNT | trinitrotoluol | villanous saltpetre

See Also | blow up | detonate | explode | explosive | gelignite | gelly | glyceryl trinitrate | nitroglycerin | nitroglycerine | Nitrospan | Nitrostat | set off | trinitroglycerin

Dynamite In Webster's Dictionary

\Dy"na*mite\, n. [Gr. ? power. See {Dynamic}.] (Chem.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.

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