dynamite
noun
a high explosive, originally consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent substance, now with ammonium nitrate usually replacing the nitroglycerin.
dynamited
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past participleof dynamite.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dynamite.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dynamitenouna high explosive, originally consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent substance, now with ammonium nitrate usually replacing the nitroglycerin.
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As a young man, by his account, he smuggled diamonds, oversaw coconut plantations, dynamited fish, captained schooners and hunted killer cannibals in the New Guinea jungle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Locadio dynamited his team's chances and prepared the ground for Scotland's comeback.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
The French Revolution then dynamited Europe’s old order and dynamized society as a collective organism, evolving in a “quasi-biological and determinate way.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The Germans also dynamited the dam years later as they retreated after repairing the Soviet damage.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
On May 11, 1906, the wrecking company dynamited the wheel, for scrap.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
