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synonyms for dynamite

  • nitroglycerin
  • TNT
  • gelignite
  • trinitrotoluene
See also synonyms for: dynamited / dynamiting
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Often taking the heavy-handed approach of detonating dynamite to free specimens, he amassed a collection of fossils representing both the young and the old.
FOSSILS AND ANCIENT DNA PAINT A VIBRANT PICTURE OF HUMAN ORIGINSERIN WAYMANSEPTEMBER 15, 2021SCIENCE NEWS
For journalists suspicious about China’s handling of the virus, the thread—and those that followed—were dynamite.
THEY CALLED IT A CONSPIRACY THEORY. BUT ALINA CHAN TWEETED LIFE INTO THE IDEA THAT THE VIRUS CAME FROM A LAB.ANTONIO REGALADOJUNE 25, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Still, between the dynamite premise and the excellent cast, the show could easily be salvaged.
AMC’S KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF SQUANDERS A THRILLINGLY SUBVERSIVE PREMISEJUDY BERMANJUNE 18, 2021TIME
The Taglieris, who work in IT and finance, are used to hearing dynamite detonations at least once a month at the plant, the couple said.
A HUGE EXPLOSION CRACKED HOUSE FOUNDATIONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ‘EXTREME’ GENDER-REVEAL PARTY WAS TO BLAME.ANDREA SALCEDOAPRIL 23, 2021WASHINGTON POST
This was way louder and way more powerful than a dynamite blast.
A HUGE EXPLOSION CRACKED HOUSE FOUNDATIONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AN ‘EXTREME’ GENDER-REVEAL PARTY WAS TO BLAME.ANDREA SALCEDOAPRIL 23, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Dynamite, by the good fortune of invention, came to the revolutionary at the very moment when it was most wanted.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
He had thought he was amusing himself with a toy cannon, and he had fired a charge of dynamite.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
Perhaps he helped to dynamite the barges and drive those Hessians out of town.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMAN
The latter crouched there, frozen, hanging onto his hat as if it were a hunk of dynamite.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
At the bow of this launch was a long spar, and at the end of this spar was a torpedo holding a hundred pounds of dynamite.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUS
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WORDS RELATED TO DYNAMITE

  • bang
  • blow-up
  • burst
  • crash
  • detonation
  • discharge
  • dynamite
  • eruption
  • explosion
  • outbreak
  • outburst
  • salvo
  • volley
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