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dynamite

DEFINITIONS OF: dynamite

1

n an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp

Types:
gelignite, gelly
a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
Type of:
explosive compound
a compound that is explosive

v blow up with dynamite

“The rock was dynamited”
Type of:
blow up, detonate, explode, set off
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
Launch
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