dynamiticadj.
/dʌɪnəˈmɪtɪk//ˈdɪnəmɪtɪk/ Of or pertaining to dynamite; having to do with dynamite, or dynamiters.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > [adjective] > use of dynamite
dynamitic1882
dynamitical1886
1882 Goldw. Smith in 19th Cent. June 887 If he did, a more dynamitic rival would immediately pluck him down.
1885 Sat. Rev. 24 Jan. 102/2 To receive subscriptions for carrying on dynamitic warfare.
1895 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 463 The father of Nihilism and of dynamitic anarchy.
Derivatives
dynaˈmitical adj. in same sense:
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > [adjective] > use of dynamite
dynamitic1882
dynamitical1886
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 1/1 I have had neither part nor lot in any secret Fenian or dynamitical operations.
1892 Illustr. London News 8 Oct. 450/3 His dynamitical and tyrannicidal schemes.
dynaˈmitically adv. by way of dynamite.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of mines and explosives > [adverb] > by way of dynamite
dynamitically1887
1887 Congregationalist (U.S.) 17 Feb. The Irish attempts, at New York, Paris, and elsewhere, dynamitically to blow up England on behalf of Ireland.
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