dynamite (dinamit)

[ over. The object of the mixture is to diminish the sensitivene of nitroglycerin to slight shock, and so to facilitate its carriage without impairing its explosive quality. The disruptive force of dynamite is estimated at about eight times that of gunpowder. Dynamite may be ignited with a match, and will burn quietly with a bright flame without any explosion. Large quantities have been known to fall 20 feet on a hard surface without explosion. It explodes with certainty when ignited by a percu ion fuse containing fulminating mercury. dynamite (di'na-mīt), v. t.; pret. and pp. dyna mited, ppr. dynamiting. [ The military authorities of Pretor i a had caused a rumor to go forth that some of the buildings and roads were dy namited, and this deterred the Boers from entering the town, which, as a matter of fact, was not dynamited at all. Athenœum, No. 3016, p. 201. 2. To blow up or destroy by or as if by dynamite. It appears from the letters that the American Republic has been dynamited , and upon its ruins a socialistic republic established. Science, X. 92. His [Prince Alexander's of Bulgaria] people... are not at all inclined to dynamite him, which is more than can be said for the Czar. Times (London), April 26, 1886.