dynamite
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
He suggested that perhaps dynamite might be the culprit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Soldiers cordoned off the area before using dynamite to blast the first ruined building apart -- a 12-story residential tower that had partially collapsed and was slanting toward the street.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
In less than four seconds—according to butterflies let loose in my stomach—the Bentley swept past 60 mph, casually acquiring a kinetic energy of nearly one megajoule, roughly equivalent to a stick of dynamite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Cue the appalling thought of a Haiti equaliser that would dynamite Scotland's hopes of doing what they came here to do - making history by making it out of a group in a World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
But the story, under Neil Sheehan’s byline, was absolute dynamite.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
![]()
Corinne Bailey Rae dynamites her own musical past and embraces a larger historical one on her new album, “Black Rainbows.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Hartmann explains it this way: "The seizure just kind of dynamites the depression out of my brain somehow."
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
The girl in the case is also a bandit—except that she wrecks trains of thought and dynamites dams along the canons of true love instead of bothering with the Union Pacific and the Shoshone.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
With gelatine dynamites a firm tamping may be used, but with ordinary dynamite loose sand is better.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
Many dynamites contain other substances than the above, such as paraffin, resin, sulphur, wood, coal-dust, charcoal, also mineral salts, such as carbonate of magnesia, chlorate of potash, &c.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
The French Revolution then dynamited Europe’s old order and dynamized society as a collective organism, evolving in a “quasi-biological and determinate way.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
A place where dead sailors had been buried, the island was dynamited and removed in the early 20th century to widen the harbor and make it more usable for shipping traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
But Benjamin Chim had his fields dynamited and turned into a quarry for materials for the railroad.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
That’s what journalists do: listen through silence, awaiting a clue, the revealing epiphany, the face that crumples like a dynamited building.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
He cut more hay, dug more ditches, dynamited more stumps, and spread more hot, black asphalt on Highway 101.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
![]()
In his summation to jurors, prosecutor Joseph Ford essentially blamed Darrow for the dynamiting of The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
After delivering consistency and displaying mental strength under their new manager, Clement’s team suddenly went rogue on him and those results might be the ones that end up dynamiting their league season.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
However, Macron’s 2017 dynamiting of a post-war political landscape dominated by the two mainstream parties on the centre-right and centre-left created a void for populists to fill, analysts say.
From Reuters ● Apr. 6, 2022
They achieved this by dynamiting a 28-mile-long canal connecting the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River, which flows toward the Mississippi.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2021
In the mid-1990s, he points out, the city of Baltimore embarked on a highly publicized policy of dynamiting the old i96os-style public housing high-rises in East and West Baltimore.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
![]()
Vocabulary lists containing dynamite
Civil Engineering
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
Engineering - Middle School
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more – and it's all completely free to use!
This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for September 3–September 9, 2022
Want to remember this word for good? Start your learning journey today with our library of interactive, themed word lists built by the experts at Vocabulary.com – we'll help you make the most of your study time!