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(dī′nə·mīt) noun
1. An explosive composed of nitroglycerin held in an absorbent substance.
2. Slang Anything wonderful or spectacular: The news was dynamite!
—v.t. ·mit·ed, ·mit·ing
1. To blow up or shatter with or as with dynamite.
2. To charge with dynamite; as a mine. [<Gk. dynamis power]
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