dynamite
noun
[ ˈdʌɪnəmʌɪt ]
• a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically moulded into sticks.
dynamite
verb
• blow up (something) with dynamite.
• "he threatened to dynamite a major hydroelectric dam"
Origin:
mid 19th century: from Greek dunamis ‘power’ + -ite1.
