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dynamite
1. n. A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.
2. n. (figuratively, slang) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
3. v. To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.

Example Sentences

There's enough dynamite there to blow Paris off the map ten times over.  A police spokesman said the ship was carrying ammonia dynamite, an explosive widely used in mining, as well as detonators and fuses.

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