dynamite
Example Sentences
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When his techno beats kick in during the most fraught sequences, however, the effect is dynamite.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Denford’s steadily growing “nobody cares” audience regularly tosses sticks of dynamite into that vortex in the name of protecting our sanity.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
The material document has shocked experts on the scandal such as Second Sight forensic accountant Ron Warmington, who described the document's implications as "dynamite".
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
It’s a reference to the Nobel Peace Prize and its founder, Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Peace Prize, had predicted that his powerful explosives might very well put an end to all war.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing dynamite
Civil Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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