Dynamite
/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/
Definitions
2 meaningsA powerful explosive made of a mixture of nitroglycerin with an absorbent substance.
/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/
A highly explosive substance
The demolition team used dynamite to bring down the old building.
💡 Simply: Dynamite is like a super powerful firecracker, but way stronger. It's used to break apart rocks and mountains. Imagine wanting to make a tunnel; you might use dynamite to help!
👶 For kids: Dynamite is a super strong stuff that can make big things go BOOM!
More Examples
Miners use dynamite to extract minerals from the earth.
The tunnel was created using carefully placed charges of dynamite.
How It's Used
"The construction crew used dynamite to blast through the mountain."
"Dynamite is still used in some mining operations."
To blow up or destroy something with dynamite; figuratively, to destroy or ruin.
/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/
To blow up with dynamite
The rebels planned to dynamite the railway tracks.
💡 Simply: To dynamite something is to blow it up or ruin it. Think of it like a really dramatic way to make something disappear.
👶 For kids: To dynamite means to blow something up with dynamite.
More Examples
The company was dynamited by the insider trading scandal.
They dynamited the old dam to create a new reservoir.
How It's Used
"The terrorists threatened to dynamite the bridge."
"The scandal threatened to dynamite her career."
Idioms & expressions
dynamite fishing
The practice of using explosives to kill fish.
"Dynamite fishing is an illegal practice that devastates marine ecosystems."
From German Dynamit, coined by Alfred Nobel from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).
Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866 as a safer alternative to nitroglycerin.
Memory tip
Think of the 'mite' - something small but capable of a huge BANG!