dy·na·mite (d  n -mt )n. 1. Any of a class of powerful explosives composed of nitroglycerin or ammonium nitrate dispersed in an absorbent medium with a combustible dope, such as wood pulp, and an antacid, such as calcium carbonate, used in blasting and mining. 2. Slang a. Something exceptionally exciting or wonderful. b. Something exceptionally dangerous: These allegations are political dynamite. tr.v. dy·na·mit·ed, dy·na·mit·ing, dy·na·mites 1. To blow up, shatter, or otherwise destroy with or as if with dynamite. 2. To charge with dynamite. adj. Slang Outstanding; superb: a dynamite performance; a dynamite outfit. [Swedish dynamit, from Greek dunamis, power; see dynamic.] dy na·miter n.Word History: The same man who gave us dynamite gave us the Nobel Peace Prize, an irony that was surely not lost on the pacifistic Alfred Nobel himself. It is perhaps less well known that Nobel also contributed the word dynamite. Coined in Swedish in the form dynamit, the word was taken from Greek dunamis, "power," and the Swedish suffix -it, which corresponds to the English suffix -ite used in various scientific fields. Greek dunamis also gave us words such as dynamic and dynamo and itself probably goes back to the verb dunasthai, "to be able," from which comes English dynasty. |
dynamite [ˈdaɪnəˌmaɪt]
n
1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an explosive consisting of nitroglycerine or ammonium nitrate mixed with kieselguhr, sawdust, or wood pulp
2. Informal a spectacular or potentially dangerous person or thing
vb
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to mine or blow up with dynamite
[C19 (coined by Alfred Nobel): from dynamo- + -ite1]
dynamiter n
| dynamite (dn-mt) A powerful explosive used in blasting and mining. It typically consists of nitroglycerin and a nitrate (especially sodium nitrate or ammonium nitrate), combined with an absorbent material that makes it safer to handle. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  dynamite - an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulpexplosive compound - a compound that is explosive gelignite, gelly - a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin - a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) |
| Verb | 1. | dynamite - blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited" |
Translations
dynamite [ˈdaɪnəmaɪt]
n (= explosive) → dynamite f
to be dynamite [revelation, statement] (= highly contentious) → être une bombe >; [person, film] (= very exciting) → être du tonnerre >
to be dynamite [revelation, statement] (= highly contentious) → être une bombe >; [person, film] (= very exciting) → être du tonnerre >
vt (= blow up) → dynamiter, faire sauter à la dynamite
dynamite
n (lit) → Dynamit nt; (fig) → Zünd- or Sprengstoff m; she is dynamite → sie ist eine Wucht (inf); that story is pure dynamite → diese Geschichte ist der reinste Zündstoff
vt rocks, bridge → sprengen
n dynamite [ˈdainəmait]
a type of powerful explosive. dinamiet ديناميت، نَسّاف динамит dynamit dynamit das Dynamit δυναμίτης dinamita dünamiit دینامیت dynamiitti dynamite דִינָמִיט डाईनमाइट, प्रध्वंसक dinamit, vrlo moćan ekspoziv dinamit bahan peledak, dinamit dÿnamít dinamite ダイナマイト 다이너마이트 dinamitas dinamīts bahan letupan dynamiet dynamitt dynamit dinamite dinamită динамит dynamit dinamit dinamit dynamit ระเบิด dinamit 炸藥 динаміт ایک زوردار انفجاری مادّہ thuốc nổ đy na míc 炸药
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