dynamiter
Americannoun
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a person who uses dynamite or other explosives to blow things up.
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a person who thoroughly and suddenly destroys a specified thing.
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Foxes are those who sell by mail; the dynamiter works by telephone.
From Time Magazine Archive
James B. McNamara never intended to be a dynamiter.
From Time Magazine Archive
A fellow dynamiter named Matthew Schmidt also got life.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the Philharmonic, he gradually broadened his repertoire to include a variety of musical styles; in opera the would-be dynamiter turned out to be an effective Wagnerian.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, dear Somerset, it is gone; I am no more a dynamiter; and how, I ask you, after having tasted of these joys, am I to condescend to a less glorious life?”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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