| Pronunciation: | | 'dInu`mIt
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| Matching Terms: | | dynamitard, dynamiter, dynamiting, dynamitism, dynamitist
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
- [v] blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"
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| | See Also: | | blow up, detonate, explode, explosive, gelignite, gelly, glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, set off, trinitroglycerin |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | To see dynamite in your dream means a fast approaching and vast change in your life. You may be harboring aggression that is about to blow up. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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