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Synonyms
dy·na·mite (dī́nə-mīt́)

[Swedish dynamit, from Greek dunamis, power; see dynamic.]

noun 

  1. Any of a class of powerful explosives composed of nitroglycerin or ammonium nitrate dispersed in an absorbent medium with a combustible dope, such as wood pulp, and an antacid, such as calcium carbonate, used in blasting and mining.
  2. Slang
    1. Something exceptionally exciting or wonderful.
    2. Something exceptionally dangerous: These allegations are political dynamite.

transitive verb: -mit·ed, -mit·ing, -mites. 

  1. To blow up, shatter, or otherwise destroy with or as if with dynamite.
  2. To charge with dynamite.

adjective 

Slang
Outstanding; superb: a dynamite performance; a dynamite outfit.

derivatives

dýna·mit́er
noun