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To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive. / (figuratively) To dismantle or destroy. / (transitive, of brakes) To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.

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dynamite

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Source Word

dynamite

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdaɪ.nəˌmaɪt/

Verb

figuratively of brakes transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

ダイナマイトやその他の高性能爆薬を使用して爆破する / 比喩的に解体または破壊する / （ブレーキに対して）最大限の圧力を短時間にかける

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They had to dynamite the old bridge to make way for the new road.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らは新しい道路のために古い橋をダイナマイトで爆破しなければならなかった。

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Sense（1）

To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.

… on Sunday, August 23, the L.N.W.R. tunnel was closed to enable the old brickwork to be dynamited away, traffic being diverted meanwhile through the M.R. tunnel.

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(figuratively) To dismantle or destroy.

Even the successful battle in the last century to overturn the court’s infamous Plessy vs. Ferguson “separate but equal” doctrine wasn’t a frontal assault that dynamited precedent.

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