dynamiter
Americannoun
plural
dynamiters-
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.
Example Sentences
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A fellow dynamiter named Matthew Schmidt also got life.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of his heroes is flame-bearded Uncle Barbarossa, a dynamiter by trade who in off-hours spouts revolutionary speeches at his aged beagle Garibaldi.
From Time Magazine Archive
James B. McNamara never intended to be a dynamiter.
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
We don’t want to lose no lives on a skunk of a dynamiter like this feller must be.
From The Plunderer by Duer, Douglas
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