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dynamite charge

noun dynamite charges

  1. idiomatic Instructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation. "There are no studies comparing deadlocked juries blasted with the dynamite charge to those left to their own devices."
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dynamite, charge.

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@misc{dynamite_charge_2026,
  title = {dynamite charge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dynamite%20charge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}