dynamitic

From dynamite +‎ -ic.

dynamitic (comparative more dynamitic, superlative most dynamitic)

1. Involving the use of dynamite.
   • 1878, New Zealand Institute, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute:

     The short note by R . R . Hunt read at the last meeting , relative to destroying snags by dynamitic charges , has led me to bring this subject again before the members, as I believe an alteration in the manner of firing the charges, which was carried out by the fuse, may lead to more comprehensive working in this matter, with more certainty, safety, and economy.

   • 2011, Jane Stanford, That Irishman: The Life and Times of John O'Connor Power:

     And two days later: There have been more attempts at explosions discovered. Dynamitic portmanteaus of evidently American origin have been found at Charing Cross and Paddington Stations.

2. (by extension) Explosive; volatile.
   • 1982, Amerikastudien - Volume 27, page 228:

     The public that had reacted strongly to his “Editor's Study" could not be shaken by the polite statement of his social radicalism. His important essays on Liberty, Equality and Fraternity – which Howells thought were “terribly dynamitic" and which Walter H. Page felt hesitant to publish – finally went off "like wet firecrackers."

   • 2008, Timothy Thomas Fortune, Shawn Leigh Alexander, T. Thomas Fortune, the Afro-American Agitator:

     In this article he urges the community to develop the "dynamitic element" and agitate for their civil rights, which, according to Fortune, "are all such as affect the whole people, and are regulated by them in their collective capacity as a government."

From Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós, “powerful”), from δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”), from δύναμαι (dúnamai, “I am able”).

dynamitic (comparative more dynamitic, superlative most dynamitic)

1. (nonstandard, proscribed) Characterized by movement or change; dynamic.
   • 2006, Jacqueline Goldsby, A Spectacular Secret: Lynching in American Life and Literature:

     The punctuality of news writing and reading—its “dynamitic” potential—is distinct from the timelessness of fictive discourse, which seeks to suspend a reader's sense of duration, the better to seduce the reader into the world of its text.

   • 2009, Paranjape, Raman, Sadanand, Asha, Multi-Agent Systems for Healthcare Simulation and Modeling:

     A dynamitic schedule is built with the following criteria: * Customer satisfaction: with the reduced patient length of stay for the improved satisfaction level. * Resource utilization: through balancing each unit work load and total time for the improved efficiency and utilization. * Employee performance: by the measure of ratio of patents stay and staff working hours.

   • 2012, J. Chen, Transnational Civil Society in China: Intrusion and Impact, page 78:

     The government's restrictive policies towards civil society does not detract from Chinese NGOs' roles in opening up the political field and expanding civil society over the years in a dynamitic interaction with the state, as well as constituting an effective force in tackling specific issues in their campaigns.

dynamitic (plural dynamitics)

1. Misconstruction of dynamic
   • 2011, Yanwen Wu, Advances in Computer, Communication, Control and Automation:

     The adaptive filter tunes its gain automatically based on the system dynamitic sensed by the movement state to yield optimal performance.

   • 2012, E.J. Visser, Transport decisions in an age of uncertainty:

     As labor force participation rates change, they affect unemployment rates and other variables within the model, and once again the model's dynamitics come into play.

   • 2018 September 6, Jeannette Boner, “Teton volleyball set to spike a winning season”, in Teton Valley News:

     “I’m super stoked for this year,” Steketee said this week. “We have amazing girls that are returning and our team dynamitic is extremely powerful. They get along well and really want to work hard for each other.”