- a high explosive, originally consisting of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent substance, now with ammonium nitrate usually replacing the nitroglycerin.
- any person or thing having a spectacular effect.
- to blow up, shatter, or destroy with dynamite: Saboteurs dynamited the dam.
- to mine or charge with dynamite.
- an explosive consisting of nitroglycerine or ammonium nitrate mixed with kieselguhr, sawdust, or wood pulp
- a spectacular or potentially dangerous person or thing
- to mine or blow up with dynamite
