dynamite

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  (figuratively) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
  3. Verb.  To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.

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