gunpowder

noun

gun·pow·der ˈgən-ˌpau̇-dər

: an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur used in gunnery and blasting

broadly : any of various powders used in guns as propelling charges

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In addition to silk, this route enabled the transfer of spices, perfume, tea, wine, paper, and gunpowder, not to mention culture and religion and scientific ideas. —

Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024 Once the police let students out of the classrooms, Miguel described seeing gunpowder and blood on the ground. —

NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024 Ever since the earliest days of gunpowder, the weapons themselves have been difficult to destroy. —

David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 When cannons and gunpowder debuted in Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, cities struggled to survive the onslaught of the new firepower. —

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