Synonyms for dynamiting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dahy-nuh-mahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ nəˌmaɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for dynamiting Other synonyms for the word dynamiting
- batter
- blight
- blow down
- bomb
- break down
- break up
- capsize
- cast down
- crash
- crush
- dash
- defeat
- delete
- destruct
- dynamite
- efface
- erase
- erupt
- expunge
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fell
- flatten
- go off
- injure
- kill
- level
- mow down
- mushroom
- obliterate
- overthrow
- overturn
- pull down
- reduce
- remove
- rub out
- ruin
- rupture
- scatter
- scratch out
- shatter
- shrivel
- smash
- spill
- spoil
- strike out
- stunt
- subvert
- tear down
- tear up
- throw down
- topple
- torpedo
- total
- unbuild
- undo
- unmake
- upset
- vanquish
- vaporize
- wax
- wipe out
- wither
- wrack
- wreck
- zap
Définition of dynamiting
Origin :- 1867, from Swedish dynamit, coined 1867 by its inventor, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), from Greek dynamis "power" (see dynamic (adj.)) + -ite (2). Figurative sense of "something potentially dangerous" is from 1922. Positive sense of "dynamic and excellent" by mid-1960s, perhaps originally Black English.
- As in pulverize : verb destroy
- As in raze : verb flatten, knock down; wipe out
- As in blast : verb explode
- As in blow up : verb explode
- Fish are wasted on inland streams in the following ways: By dynamiting.
- Extract from : « Checking the Waste » by Mary Huston Gregory
- He knows who broke into the dynamite shed, and therefore he knows who did the dynamiting.
- Extract from : « 'Firebrand' Trevison » by Charles Alden Seltzer
- It must be confessed that the dynamiting did very little good.
- Extract from : « Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror » by Richard Linthicum
- Before you know it, though, you'll be dynamiting the whole establishment.
- Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray
- They should make you an inspector, and set you to run in them dynamiting Irish coves.
- Extract from : « The Mark Of Cain » by Andrew Lang
- I happen to go to the inn for a little rest, and I grab you dynamiting the safe.
- Extract from : « Seven Keys to Baldpate » by Earl Derr Biggers
- In his code the dynamiting of a stream figured as a high crime.
- Extract from : « The City of Numbered Days » by Francis Lynde
- You told police that the motorboat used in the dynamiting was one of our boats.
- Extract from : « Saboteurs on the River » by Mildred A. Wirt
- “All the same, Burt had no connection with the dynamiting,” Sara said quickly.
- Extract from : « Saboteurs on the River » by Mildred A. Wirt
- She could not guess what connection the editor might have with the dynamiting case.
- Extract from : « Saboteurs on the River » by Mildred A. Wirt
Antonyms for dynamiting
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