dynamitic
dynamitic adjective: involving the use of dynamite. Also the misconstruction of dynamic.
Adjective (1)
dynamitic (comparative more dynamitic, superlative most dynamitic)
- Involving the use of dynamite.
- The short note by R . R . Hunt read at the last meeting , relative to destroying snags by dynamitic charges , has led me to bring this subject again before the members, as I believe an alteration in the manner of firing the charges, which was carried out by the fuse, may lead to more comprehensive...1878, New Zealand Institute, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
- And two days later: There have been more attempts at explosions discovered. Dynamitic portmanteaus of evidently American origin have been found at Charing Cross and Paddington Stations.2011, Jane Stanford, That Irishman: The Life and Times of John O'Connor Power
- Explosive; volatile.
- The public that had reacted strongly to his “Editor's Study" could not be shaken by the polite statement of his social radicalism. His important essays on Liberty, Equality and Fraternity – which Howells thought were “terribly dynamitic" and which Walter H. Page felt hesitant to publish – finally...1982, Amerikastudien - Volume 27, page 228
- In this article he urges the community to develop the "dynamitic element" and agitate for their civil rights, which, according to Fortune, "are all such as affect the whole people, and are regulated by them in their collective capacity as a government."2008, Timothy Thomas Fortune, Shawn Leigh Alexander, T. Thomas Fortune, the Afro-American Agitator
Adjective (2)
dynamitic (comparative more dynamitic, superlative most dynamitic)
- Characterized by movement or change; dynamic.
- The punctuality of news writing and reading—its “dynamitic” potential—is distinct from the timelessness of fictive discourse, which seeks to suspend a reader's sense of duration, the better to seduce the reader into the world of its text.2006, Jacqueline Goldsby, A Spectacular Secret: Lynching in American Life and Literature
- A dynamitic schedule is built with the following criteria: * Customer satisfaction: with the reduced patient length of stay for the improved satisfaction level. * Resource utilization: through balancing each unit work load and total time for the improved efficiency and utilization. * Employee...2009, Paranjape, Raman, Sadanand, Asha, Multi-Agent Systems for Healthcare Simulation and Modeling
Also used as
dynamitic is also the misconstruction of dynamic.
Forms of dynamitic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more dynamitic |
| superlative | most dynamitic |
| Noun | |
| plural | dynamitics |
Origin of dynamitic
From dynamite + -ic.
From Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós, “powerful”), from δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”), from δύναμαι (dúnamai, “I am able”).
Questions about dynamitic
- What does dynamitic mean?
- Dynamitic means involving the use of dynamite.
- What part of speech is dynamitic?
- Dynamitic is an adjective.
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