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dynamite charges

dynamite charges is the plural of dynamite charge.

Meaning of dynamite charge

Noun

dynamite charge (plural dynamite charges)

  1. (idiomatic) Instructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation.
    • "There are no studies comparing deadlocked juries blasted with the dynamite charge to those left to their own devices."2013, Saul M. Kassin, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, The American Jury On Trial: Psychological Perspectives
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dynamite, charge.

Questions about dynamite charges

What is dynamite charges the plural of?
Dynamite charges is the plural of dynamite charge.

Words near dynamite charges in the dictionary

  1. dynamists
  2. dynamitard
  3. dynamitards
  4. dynamite
  5. dynamite charge
  6. dynamite charges
  7. dynamite roll
  8. dynamite rolls
  9. dynamite tree
  10. dynamite trees
  11. dynamited

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