Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who uses, or is in favor of using, dynamite and similar explosives for unlawful purposes; specifically, a political agitator who resorts to or advocates the use of dynamite and the indiscriminate destruction of life and property for the purpose of coercing a government or a party by terror.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who uses
dynamite , especially one who uses itunlawfully
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause
Etymologies
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Examples
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"dynamiter," and an "anarchist"; and really decent fellows, who liked me very well, drew the line at my appearing in public with their sisters.
War of the Classes Jack London 1896
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Sinclair was a "dynamiter of all churches" and his End Poverty in California (EPIC) plan was nothing less than "plain Communism."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Hollywood -- and Earl Warren -- Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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Sinclair was a "dynamiter of all churches" and his End Poverty in California (EPIC) plan was nothing less than "plain Communism."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Hollywood -- and Earl Warren -- Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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Sinclair was a "dynamiter of all churches" and his End Poverty in California (EPIC) plan was nothing less than "plain Communism."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Hollywood -- and Earl Warren -- Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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Sinclair was a "dynamiter of all churches" and his End Poverty in California (EPIC) plan was nothing less than "plain Communism."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Hollywood -- and Earl Warren -- Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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Sinclair was a "dynamiter of all churches" and his End Poverty in California (EPIC) plan was nothing less than "plain Communism."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From 1934 Campaign: Hollywood -- and Earl Warren -- Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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At that time (nine or ten years ago), because I made a stand in my native town for municipal ownership of public utilities, I was branded a "red-shirt," a "dynamiter," and an "anarchist"; and really decent fellows, who liked me very well, drew the line at my appearing in public with their sisters.
Preface 2010
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Sinclair was a "dynamiter of all churches" and his End Poverty in California EPIC plan was nothing less than "plain Communism."
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Hollywood -- and Earl Warren -- Hit Upton Sinclair Greg Mitchell 2010
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An American dynamiter is sent to destroy a bridge.
For whom the bell tolls by Ernest Hemingway jmnlman 2007
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An American dynamiter is sent to destroy a bridge.
Archive 2007-08-01 jmnlman 2007
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