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dynamite

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verb

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Recent Examples of dynamite
Adjective
Survivor: Redemption Island The first three episodes were dynamite, but then the fuse blew out. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024 Nobel, an extremely wealthy Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer, owned 350 patents, the most famous of which was dynamite. Eli Amdur, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Verb
In 1969, a federal grand jury had indicted him and two other White Panthers, Plamondon and Jack Forrest, for conspiring to dynamite a clandestine CIA recruiting office on Main Street in Ann Arbor in 1968. Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024 The 5-5 point guard has been dynamite all season for the Warriors, averaging around 14 points, six rebounds, seven assists and four steals through her first 18 games. Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dynamite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dynamite
Adjective
  • Additionally, having read about the extensive fabric testing conducted by Article to ensure abrasion resistance (150% more testing than industry standard!), I was reassured that this would be an excellent investment piece for our home.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Few beauty tools offer as excellent lifting benefits as the best gua sha tools.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In blowing up the drone factories, ironically with drones, the Ukrainian intelligence agency hopes to throttle Russian production—and ensure that most of the tiny UAVs buzzing over the front line ... are Ukrainian. Follow me on Twitter.
    David Axe, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • While this theory hasn’t been proven or debunked, the trend has blown up on social media, with the hashtag on TikTok resulting in 628,000 posts.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In less than 25 minutes, Jarrett provided a terrific start to what the Bears could market as a fun tear-off calendar of one-a-day Gradyisms.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • There's Connie Britton...Dan [Stevens] was terrific.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Many have long since been demolished or altered beyond recognition, but some of the most beautiful have miraculously kept their original structures and decoration intact.
    The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the historic neighborhood theater buildings were either demolished or destroyed by fire, often replaced by parking lots or highways.
    Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • By Nellie Bowles March 31, 2020 Get Outside and Safely Visit a National Park Now is the time to start looking ahead, to spring and summer excursions in the great outdoors.
    Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Although Seattle’s skill talent has been great, Smith has never played behind even an average offensive line, and his last two offensive coordinators weren’t good enough to keep their jobs.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Suncor Energy is planning a two-year construction project at its Commerce City oil refinery to tear down a 75-year-old flare stack that often sends flames flickering from the top, and reconnect the pipes that funnel excess gases to a newer, more efficient flare on site.
    Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The city had hoped to tear down the blighted structure later this year, but that now appears less likely.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Our casting isn’t awesome, our photography is flat, and our styling is missing the mark with young audiences.
    Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Watching top performers get away with toxic behavior drives away your other awesome team members.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Residents of states that have been impacted by this weekend's storms have posted photos online showing their homes destroyed by the tornadoes, with roofs fallen completely off, walls caved in and debris on lawns.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Taking on the role of a teenage boy named Chrono, players have to travel through time and assemble a team to stop a horrifying creature named Lavos from destroying the world.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025

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