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dynamited

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verb

past tense of dynamite
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Verb
  • Dahlia, a disillusioned police aide, breaks into the mansion of the corrupt police chief Bernal and steals the money from his safe, unloading the funds to slum dwellers whose settlement Bernal razed down.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • Dahlia, a disillusioned police aide, breaks into the mansion of the corrupt police chief Bernal and steals the money from his safe, unloading the funds to slum dwellers whose settlement Bernal razed down.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • The buzz of drones above, and then gunfire, the woodland and damaged houses around suddenly alive with the Ukrainian troops hidden in them, firing at the skies.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • More than half the field was involved in crashes during the first two segments, eliminating Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain and leaving Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson with damaged cars incapable of contending.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • This caused immediate backlash, particularly as the East Wing was recently demolished during ongoing renovation work.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 16 May 2026
  • There, on the Hudson River waterfront, David Wojnarowicz wrote poems and painted murals alongside Luis Frangella and Mike Bidlo, while Peter Hujar and Dirk Rowntree photographed scenes of impromptu happenings and performances, before the site was demolished in 1984.
    Natalia Torija, Curbed, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Santa Rosa Island Fire, which was reported on May 15, has surpassed 10,000 acres and destroyed two historic structures, according to authorities.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 19 May 2026
  • Forecasters said mobile homes may be damaged or destroyed, the weather service said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026
Adjective
  • The three adults on board — pilot Hernán Murcia, Indigenous leader Herman Mendoza Hernández and Magdalena — were found dead when Colombian soldiers located the wrecked plane two weeks after the crash.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • In recent days, refugees have begun returning to wrecked villages and towns.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But groves obliterated vast stretches of pristine land.
    Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • Well, their nuclear facilities have been obliterated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 May 2026
Adjective
  • Photos from the scene showed the mangled tractor-trailer flipped onto its side onto the grass next to the highway.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Traffic cameras show two mangled cars on State Road 826 as rescue crews work to clear the area.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Dynamited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dynamited. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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