gelatin dynamite

[ jel-uh-tn dahy-nuh-mahyt ]

/ ˈdʒɛl ə tn ˈdaɪ nəˌmaɪt /

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a high explosive consisting of a gelatinized mass of nitroglycerin with nitrocellulose added.

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First recorded in 1885–90

The world that Black Dynamite lives in is not the most PC place to be in.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One strip, Foolish Grandpa and Sour Henry, shows Grandpa being hit on the head by a sandbag and blown up by dynamite.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians|Anthony Haden-Guest|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jamiroquai's "Canned Heat," which was also featured in Napoleon Dynamite's epic dance scene.
Viral Video of the Day: 100 Days of Dance|The Daily Beast Video|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But the poem set off tiny sticks of dynamite behind my eyes.
Dealing With Dad the Dealer|Tony Doukopil|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dynamite, by the good fortune of invention, came to the revolutionary at the very moment when it was most wanted.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He had thought he was amusing himself with a toy cannon, and he had fired a charge of dynamite.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Perhaps he helped to dynamite the barges and drive those Hessians out of town.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
The latter crouched there, frozen, hanging onto his hat as if it were a hunk of dynamite.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
At the bow of this launch was a long spar, and at the end of this spar was a torpedo holding a hundred pounds of dynamite.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes|Various