dynamiters

Those who blast

Dynamiters are people who use dynamite, especially to demolish structures or commit acts of sabotage and terrorism.

The term appears in historical accounts of labor conflicts, anarchist movements, and mining operations: The dynamiters blew the bridge at dawn.

A dynamiter may work legitimately in demolition or illegally as a bomber.

terrorism

bombers

Aircraft designed for airstrikes

militants · insurgents · attackers · cells · plots · targets · assassination · political violence · extremists · underground

demolition

explosives

Detonating substances

TNT · demolition crew · quarry · mining · excavation · implosion · controlled blast · rubble · destruction · nitroglycerine

historical

Nobel

Swedish prize surname

Wild West · gold rush · Panama · Haymarket · labor unrest · industrialization · nineteenth century · pioneers · prospectors · mountain passes

Categories
Opposites
destruction vs. construction

dynamitersbuilders

Those who construct things

constructors · architects · construction workers · engineers · masons

demolition method

dynamitersdismantlers

Those who take apart

salvagers

social role - destruction vs. protection

dynamitersbomb squad

Explosive ordnance responders

firefighters · first responders · protectors · defenders · guards

Phrases
Family

dynamite, dynamited, dynamites, dynamiter

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG