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dynamiter

American  
[dahy-nuh-mahyt-er] / ˈdaɪ nəˌmaɪt ər /

noun

plural

dynamiters

  1. a person who uses dynamite or other explosives to blow things up.

  2. a person who thoroughly and suddenly destroys a specified thing.

Example Sentences

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A fellow dynamiter named Matthew Schmidt also got life.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the Philharmonic, he gradually broadened his repertoire to include a variety of musical styles; in opera the would-be dynamiter turned out to be an effective Wagnerian.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of his heroes is flame-bearded Uncle Barbarossa, a dynamiter by trade who in off-hours spouts revolutionary speeches at his aged beagle Garibaldi.

From Time Magazine Archive

James B. McNamara never intended to be a dynamiter.

From Time Magazine Archive

We cannot denounce him as a dynamiter; that is agreed.

From The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

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