Dynamite - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Dynamite :  (noun)

1: an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp (verb)

1: blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Dynamite : \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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Dynamite

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desiskank: RT @sarataseer: Has had a Dynamite Vindaloo / roflol. Sounds so not right. Can't b a man w/a Dynamite anything
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