Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The practice of destroying or terrorizing by means of dynamite.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of dynamite.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Destroying by dynamite, for political ends.
Examples
“President Chavez angrily accused Uribe of "dynamiting" the mission.”
Mark Weisbrot: Latin America News Coverage: Half the Story is Worse Than None
“Yet corals ... face the multitude of human-induced problems such as dynamiting reefs as a fishing technique, coastal development and increased use of fertilizers that run off from farms.”
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Warm Oceans Threaten Caribbean Coral Reefs
“The Indians are demanding compensation for damage the company did by "dynamiting" an archaeological site considered sacred by the peoples of the region.”
“dynamiting" become the fashion in England, as it threatens to become, we shall be obliged to establish "Vigilance Committees" which will be as inquisitorial as caste”
“It was good theater as well, with Clarence Darrow defending Haywood against accusations that his Western Federation of Miners had been dynamiting anti-union employers and politicians for years.”
“In March 2001, Omar gave one answer, by revoking his decision of two years earlier and ordering the dynamiting of the Bamiyan buddhas.”
“It is possible to over-analyse the dynamiting of the Bamiyan buddhas and the repeated vandalism of the Kabul museum.”
“In this case, it's the dynamiting of the Kremlin to cover the theft of nuclear-missile launch codes.”
The Huffington Post: Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
“The winery took almost four years to build because it involved dynamiting into the hill behind it to create two 3,500-square-foot stone wine caves.”
The Wall Street Journal: In Napa, Blending a House and Winery
“Paul Dyer for The Wall Street Journal The winery took almost four years to build because it involved dynamiting into the hill behind it to create two 3,500-square-foot stone wine caves.”
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