The sticks being far from dull? (8)

I believe the answer is:

dynamite

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'dull?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for dynamite that I've seen before include "Nobel's invention" , "May end it with explosive" , "Explosive - amazing thing" , "High explosive" , "Dainty me could be explosive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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