dynamite
- Noun. 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.
- Noun. (figuratively) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
- Verb. To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
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