Dynamite synonyms

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nitroglycerin
A thick, pale-yellow, explosive liquid formed by treating glycerin with nitric and sulfuric acids. It is used to make dynamite and in medicine to dilate blood vessels. Chemical formula: C3H5N3O9.
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explode
To shatter with a loud noise:
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wonderful
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ballistite
A smokeless propellant made from nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, developed in the late 19th century.
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tnt
A yellow crystalline aromatic compound, C7 H5 N3 O6 , used mainly as a high explosive.
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detonator
A device, such as a fuse or percussion cap, used to set off an explosive charge.
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blast
An explosion, as of dynamite
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exciting
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trinitrotoluene
A high explosive, any of several isomeric derivatives, CH3C6H2(NO2)3, of toluene, used for blasting, in artillery shells, etc.
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blasting powder
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raze
(Now Rare) To scrape or shave off; erase
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explosive (related)
(Phonet.) plosive
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destroy (related)
To put to death; kill:
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demolish
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shatter
Shatter means broken pieces.
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dismantle
Dismantle is defined as to take apart or take to pieces.
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knock down
(Informal) To reduce the price of.
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level
To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
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pull down
To demolish or destroy (a building etc.).
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pulverize
Pulverize is to crush into powder, or to demolish.
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wreck
To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts. (Australia)
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destruct
To destroy (a rocket, etc.) deliberately by remote control
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help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
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cordite
Any of a family of smokeless explosive powders consisting chiefly of nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin, and petrolatum that have been dissolved in acetone, dried, and extruded in cords
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melinite
A powerful explosive like lyddite, made by combining picric acid with guncotton
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semtex (related)
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remix (related)
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cannon (related)
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blow up
(Slang, intransitive) To relatively quickly become much more fat or rotund.
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Find another word for dynamite. In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dynamite, like: nitroglycerin, explode, wonderful, ballistite, tnt, detonator, blast, exciting, trinitrotoluene, blasting powder and raze.
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Dynamite Sentence Examples

  • Once you get something into your head, dynamite couldn't blast it out.

  • It has dyeing works, and manufactures of dynamite, indigo products and railway plant.

  • On the assumption of uniform pressure up the bore, practically realizable in a Zalinski pneumatic dynamite gun, the pressure-curve would be the straight line HK of fig.

  • This explains a good deal of the possible instability; and, from a practical point of view, it coincides with the fact that such a large amount of energy can be stored in our most intense explosives such as dynamite, the explanation being that hydrogen is attached to carbon distant from oxygen in the same molecule, and that only the characteristic resistance of the carbon linkage prevents the hydrogen from burning, which is the main occurrence in the explosion of dynamite.

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