dynamite
noun
a high explosive, originally consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent substance, now with ammonium nitrate usually replacing the nitroglycerin.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Chase's men were dynamiting the cliffs in the narrow box canyon.
From Desert Gold by Zane Grey