DYNAMITING Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

dynamiting

verb

present participle of dynamite

as in razing

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After razing huge warehouses in recent months belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer, Ukrainian drones are now taking aim at Ozon, the country’s second-largest e-commerce company.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
In March, Nebraska’s Morrill Fire tore through 642,000 acres to become the largest in state history, killing one person and razing vast stretches of cattle country.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of razing

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At Cordova Villa Elementary, construction includes demolishing the existing administration building and a classroom building.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
By 2022, the former mill was in disrepair, leading the city to purchase the property with the intention of demolishing it.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of demolishing

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An eight-game lead with 25 games left is a virtual lock for Brewers manager Pat Murphy and his wrecking crew, as even optimistic Cubs fans understand.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
The previous record-strong El Niño in modern times, in 1982-83, coincided with significant damage across the coastline, wrecking the piers in Santa Monica and Seal Beach.

— Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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In a major effort over last weekend, the OpenAI team apparently used an internal model to take the result further, blowing up the full Navier-Stokes equations, according to Buckmaster.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026
Your originality can solve the tension without blowing up the plan.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of blowing up

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The majority, once again overturning the conclusions of the lower courts, said that a challenge by some two dozen states was premature and that the states lacked standing because they weren’t harmed by the order.

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
But a few months later, with McCurdy’s help, the organization had its first success overturning a state ban.

— Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026

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More than 1,000 people are dead and nearly 4,000 missing after a Himalayan glacial collapse unleashed catastrophic floods across the Nepal-China border, obliterating roads, towns and hydropower projects.

— Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Today, for a few brief moments, some one billion people experienced partly or fully dark skies as the moon passes directly in front of our star, obliterating its light.

— Claire Cameron & Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

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