dynamite
noun
a high explosive, originally consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent substance, now with ammonium nitrate usually replacing the nitroglycerin.
are dynamiting
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present progressiveof dynamite.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Moments later, a helicopter whips up a snowstorm as it takes off to ferry equipment to construction crews that are dynamiting the frozen earth to lay new pipelines.
From Time Magazine Archive
"They've pulled the express and mail car on ahead with the engine and now they are dynamiting her open."
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
"I'm back in the building, but they are dynamiting the building next door, and I've got to get out," was the way his message was translated.
From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Charles Morris
