blow up β If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
blast β A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
detonate β If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.
destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
noun dynamite
nitroglycerin β a colorless, thick, oily, flammable, highly explosive, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 5 N 3 O 9 , prepared from glycerol with nitric and sulfuric acids: used chiefly as a constituent of dynamite and other explosives, in rocket propellants, and in medicine as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris.
striking β Military. describing a fighter-bomber aircraft designed to carry large payloads at high speeds and low altitudes and also to engage in air-to-air combat.
capable β If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability to do it.
mondo β a question to a student for which an immediate answer is demanded, the spontaneity of which is often illuminating.
considerable β Considerable means great in amount or degree.
great β unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
know one's stuff β If you say that someone knows their stuff, you mean that they are good at doing something because they know a lot about it.
russian roulette β a game of high risk in which each player in turn, using a revolver containing one bullet, spins the cylinder of the revolver, points the muzzle at the head, and pulls the trigger.
on thin ice β the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
in the know β to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
doozie β Also, doozer [doo-zer] /Λdu zΙr/ (Show IPA). something that is extraordinary or outstanding of its kind: The storm was a doozie, with winds of fifty miles an hour.
there β in or at that place (opposed to here): She is there now.
dangerous β If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
precarious β dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
up to snuff β to draw in through the nose by inhaling.
well-versed β highly experienced, practiced, or skilled; very knowledgeable; learned: He is a well-versed scholar on the subject of biblical literature.
wonderful β excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
hellacious β remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
