单词	dynamite
释义	dynamite /ˈdʌɪnəmʌɪt / noun [mass noun] 1A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically moulded into sticks.The builders of these bombs wouldn't have much trouble getting their hands on high explosives - dynamite is readily available, and TNT isn't too hard to come by.... For example, the material composition of dynamite makes possible its explosion when ignited. About 10 masked men armed with rifles tied up two security guards and stole 66 sacks of ammonium nitrate, 58 sticks of dynamite and 170 fuses, police said. 1.1Something that could generate extreme reactions or have devastating repercussions: that roads policy is political dynamite... His play was considered political dynamite despite the fact that the setting is quite general. Mr Collins said: ‘This issue is turning into political dynamite around the country.’ If his real name emerges, his story would be political dynamite as he might be willing to disclose reams of information concerning dozens of murders. 1.2 informal An extremely impressive or exciting person or thing: both her albums are dynamite [as modifier]: a chick with a dynamite figure... He told a crowd outside the Santa Maria courtroom: ‘There is some dynamite stuff on these tapes.’ You can count on some dynamite protest music, spoken in many tongues. Is that Lola Falana one dynamite singer, or what? 1.3 informal, dated A narcotic, especially heroin. verb [with object] Blow up (something) with dynamite: he threatened to dynamite a major hydroelectric dam... Then the house was dynamited, destroying a whole side of it. Work has already begun on dynamiting the rocky landscape to create space for the construction of the moat. Guerrillas dynamited the mayor's mansion in Ramadi. Derivatives dynamiter noun ... An Italian camera crew even came to film the Ukombozi as part of a documentary, and the WWF field staff, Maritime officers, and district police spent a week simulating the arrests of dynamiters for the cameras. It called him a ‘literary dynamiter,’ an ‘apostle of hatred,’ and a ‘collaborator of radicals’. Origin Mid 19th century: from Greek dunamis 'power' + -ite1.
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