Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of destroying or terrorizing by means of dynamite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Destroying by dynamite, for political ends.
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- verb Present participle of
dynamite .
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Examples
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President Chavez angrily accused Uribe of "dynamiting" the mission.
Mark Weisbrot: Latin America News Coverage: Half the Story is Worse Than None 2008
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Yet corals ... face the multitude of human-induced problems such as dynamiting reefs as a fishing technique, coastal development and increased use of fertilizers that run off from farms.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Warm Oceans Threaten Caribbean Coral Reefs 2005
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Yet corals ... face the multitude of human-induced problems such as dynamiting reefs as a fishing technique, coastal development and increased use of fertilizers that run off from farms.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Warm Oceans Threaten Caribbean Coral Reefs 2005
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The Indians are demanding compensation for damage the company did by "dynamiting" an archaeological site considered sacred by the peoples of the region.
MercoPress 2010
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"dynamiting" become the fashion in England, as it threatens to become, we shall be obliged to establish "Vigilance Committees" which will be as inquisitorial as caste
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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It is possible to over-analyse the dynamiting of the Bamiyan buddhas and the repeated vandalism of the Kabul museum.
The hill of gold 2011
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In this case, it's the dynamiting of the Kremlin to cover the theft of nuclear-missile launch codes.
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Marshall Fine 2011
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The winery took almost four years to build because it involved dynamiting into the hill behind it to create two 3,500-square-foot stone wine caves.
In Napa, Blending a House and Winery Nancy Keates 2011
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It was good theater as well, with Clarence Darrow defending Haywood against accusations that his Western Federation of Miners had been dynamiting anti-union employers and politicians for years.
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In March 2001, Omar gave one answer, by revoking his decision of two years earlier and ordering the dynamiting of the Bamiyan buddhas.
The hill of gold 2011
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