dynamiting

Variant of dynamite

noun

  1. a powerful explosive made by soaking nitroglycerin into some absorbent, such as ammonium nitrate and wood pulp
  2. Informal anything potentially dangerous

Origin: coined (1866 or 1867) by Alfred Bernhard Nobel < Gr dynamis: see dynamic

transitive verb dynamited, dynamiting

to blow up or destroy with dynamite

adjective

Slang outstanding; very exciting, effective, etc.

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