dy|na|mite

dy|na|mite
dy|na|mite «DY nuh myt», noun, verb, -mit|ed, -mit|ing, adjective.
–n.
1. a) a powerful explosive used in blasting, made mainly of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent material and pressed into round sticks. b) any similar explosive containing ammonium nitrate or other substance instead of nitroglycerin.
2. Figurative: »

The Three Flames…whose songs and music are dynamite (New Yorker).

–v.t.
1. to blow up or destroy with dynamite: »

The rebels dynamited a government fort.

2. to mine or charge with dynamite: »

The road builders dynamited the rocky hill they intended to blast and level.

3. Figurative. to destroy; torpedo: »

Opponents of the bill were determined to dynamite it in the legislature.

–adj.
U.S. and Canadian Slang. outstanding, impressive, or exciting; extraordinarily good; superlative: »

A dynamite opening…at the Palladium (New York Post).

╂[< Greek dýnamis power + English -ite1; coined by Alfred Nobel, who invented it]

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