noun
- a powerful explosive made of nitroglycerin mixed with an absorbent material
- something or someone having great power or energy
Usage: informal
adjective
- excellent or outstanding
Usage: informal
Examples
- The miners used dynamite to blast through the rock.
- Construction workers detonated dynamite to clear the old building.
- The new quarterback is absolute dynamite on the field.
- Her performance in the play was dynamite.
- That’s a dynamite idea for the school fundraiser.
- The band’s latest album is dynamite.
- Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867.