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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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
Foxes are those who sell by mail; the dynamiter works by telephone.
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
But for that purpose they wanted someone to dress up as a dynamiter; and they all swore by blazes that I could never look like a dynamiter.
From The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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