A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting; invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.

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

plural of dynamiter

A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully. / (slang) A high-pressure salesman.

simple past tense and past participle of dynamite

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dynamite

The work of dynamiters.

Involving the use of dynamite. / (by extension) Explosive; volatile.

(nonstandard, proscribed) Characterized by movement or change; dynamic.

plural of dynamitic