Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gun constructed for propelling dynamite, nitroglycerin, or other high explosives, by means of steam or compressed air under high tension.
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Examples
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In her cargo she is said to have carried three hundred rounds of ammunition for the famous dynamite-gun, so it is to be supposed that the terrible weapon is once more in working order.
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Reports have come that the dynamite-gun, of which the Cubans were so proud, has proved a failure.
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In their opinion the failure of the dynamite-gun has not been proved; it may be necessary to make some alterations to fit it for service in swampy countries, but that as a weapon it is still a success.
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This fault is that the dynamite-gun has a habit of going off at both ends; that is to say, it is liable to explode both at the breech and the muzzle.
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When he arrived before the town, he sent word to the mayor that he was about to open fire with his dynamite-gun, and he requested that all the women, children, and non-fighting men should be sent out of the city.
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On receiving this cruel answer, Gomez opened fire, using his dreadful dynamite-gun.
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I was merely projected about a thousand yards as though from a dynamite-gun, and then the brute tried to chew me up.
"Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War Kirk Munroe 1890
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