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dynamiter
Word definitions for dynamiter in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who uses dynamite in a revolutionary cause [syn: dynamitist ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dynamiter \Dy"na*mi`ter\, n. One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.
Usage examples of dynamiter.
By July, he was working in the quarries-he was often the signalman, but his father apprenticed him to the other quarrymen: the channel bar drillers, the derrickman, the dynamiters.
Of course, the union said the whole thing was a plant, and that Guthrie had put the dynamite in the field himself at the instigation of his employers, but before the case came to trial both dynamiters pleaded guilty and went to Sing Sing.
Both realists and dynamiters are well-meaning people engaged in the task, so obviously ultimately hopeless, of using science to promote morality.
Bud gave a cheering shout and added with a grin: "Those dynamiters did us a really big favor.
One of the rear admirals rose and came over to the little dynamiter.