dynamite
noun
a high explosive, originally consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent substance, now with ammonium nitrate usually replacing the nitroglycerin.
was dynamiting
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past progressiveof dynamite.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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That's a mixed blessing, to be sure, but "Nightmare on Elm Street" was also "The Matrix" before "The Matrix" was, dynamiting conventional screen distinctions between dream, reality and psychosis.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2010
At 72 she has the same Dutch-boy haircut that she had four decades ago, when she was dynamiting a place for herself in the New York art world.
From Time Magazine Archive
