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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James B. McNamara never intended to be a dynamiter.
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
A fellow dynamiter named Matthew Schmidt also got life.
From Time Magazine Archive
His fellow-conspirators, the dynamiter handsomely explained, as they were unacquainted with the sterling qualities of the young man, would be alarmed at the sight of a strange face.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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