QUANT
stick
VERB + DYNAMITE
blow sth up with, use
The construction crew used dynamite to clear the mountainside for the new highway.
detonate
DYNAMITE + VERB
explode
ADJ
absolute, pure
political
The scandal became political dynamite when the newspapers published the leaked documents.
noun
A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
Even though sometimes I take differing views from some articles and letters in GCN, I think it's a dynamite piece of work. Good luck and thanks again.
And your shoulders are frozen (Cold as the night) / Oh, but you're an explosion (You're dynamite)
A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana.
verb
To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
Gradually the construction gangs cut and dynamited their way through some of the most difficult country in the world.
[...] on Sunday, August 23, the L.N.W.R. tunnel was closed to enable the old brickwork to be dynamited away, traffic being diverted meanwhile through the M.R. tunnel.
To dismantle or destroy.
Even the successful battle in the last century to overturn the court’s infamous Plessy vs. Ferguson “separate but equal” doctrine wasn’t a frontal assault that dynamited precedent.
To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.
dynamite the brakes
Juan dynamited the brakes and the car skidded to a halt.
To lock up from being invoked too suddenly.
the brakes will dynamite
name
A sub-sitio in the sitio of Hilltop, barangay of Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.
Instructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation.
"There are no studies comparing deadlocked juries blasted with the dynamite charge to those left to their own devices."
Even though sometimes I take differing views from some articles and letters in GCN, I think it's a dynamite piece of work. Good luck and thanks again.
WiktionaryAnd your shoulders are frozen (Cold as the night) / Oh, but you're an explosion (You're dynamite)
WiktionaryThat girl was dynamite. Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body. He warned us: "That issue about what's been happening at that factory, is political dynamite.
WiktionaryGradually the construction gangs cut and dynamited their way through some of the most difficult country in the world.
Wiktionary[...] on Sunday, August 23, the L.N.W.R. tunnel was closed to enable the old brickwork to be dynamited away, traffic being diverted meanwhile through the M.R. tunnel.
WiktionaryEven the successful battle in the last century to overturn the court’s infamous Plessy vs. Ferguson “separate but equal” doctrine wasn’t a frontal assault that dynamited precedent.
Wiktionaryi Register
In some senses, dynamite is marked as informal, figuratively, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.