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How to pronounce dynamite in English?

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Type Words
Type of explosive compound
Has types gelignite, gelly
Derivation dynamitist
Type Words
Type of blow up, detonate, explode, set off
Derivation dynamiter


The rock was dynamited.

Examples of dynamite

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Pastor Hanna Peterson said it's not entirely clear where the dynamite came from.
From the heraldtribune.com
I view her one drink as a stick of dynamite ready to possibly set her off again.
From the denverpost.com
Washington holds a 2-0 lead and Crosby and Ovechkin were dynamite in both games.
From the buffalonews.com
In fact, it's a little like playing with matches in a room filled with dynamite.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Dynamite spends most of his days daydreaming, or doodling his obsession, ligers.
From the forbes.com
Opinion poll after opinion poll suggested that the issue was electoral dynamite.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Of course, any proposal to raise property insurance rates is political dynamite.
From the heraldtribune.com
Making mawkish country for a few rednecks is like blowing up a dynamite factory.
From the guardian.co.uk
They found more dynamite at a house belonging to he injured man, the outlet said.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • An explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
  • Blow up with dynamite; "The rock was dynamited"
  • Dynamite is an explosive material based on the explosive potential of nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth (kieselgur: United States spelling; kieselguhr: UK spelling) or another absorbent substance such as sawdust as an absorbent. ...
  • Dynamite is the third and last collaborative album between Motown label mates The Supremes and The Four Tops, released on the Motown label in 1971. It was also as unsuccessful as the previous three peaking at the lower 100s of the Billboard Top 200 and failing to yield any hit singles. ...
  • Dynamite!! 2009 was the latest in the annual mixed martial arts and kickboxing events promoted by Fighting and Entertainment Group, held in the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2009. ...
  • Bratz is an American line of fashion dolls and related merchandise manufactured by MGA Entertainment. The four original 10" dolls - Cloe, Jade, Sasha, and Yasmin - are teenagers distinguished by large heads and skinny bodies, almond-shaped eyes adorned with eyeshadow, and lush, glossy lips. ...
  • Dynamite (1929) is a drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It stars Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford and Conrad Nagel. Bickford plays a convicted murderer, scheduled to be executed, whom a socialite (Johnson) marries simply to satisfy a condition of her grandfather's will.
  • "Dynamite" is the official fight song of Vanderbilt University, written by Francis Craig in 1922, when Craig was an undergraduate student at the University. It is played mainly at football games, basketball games, and at other Commodore sports events.
  • Dynamite is Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, released in June 2005. Produced by Mike Spencer and Jay Kay, it is perhaps their most diverse work to date, featuring electronic, funk, disco, house and acoustic tracks.