gunpowder
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| —n | |
| Also called: black powder an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulphur (typical proportions are 75:15:10): used in time fuses, blasting, and fireworks | |
| 'gunpowdery | |
| —adj | |
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Gunpowder
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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gunpowder
1411, from gun + powder. The Gunpowder Plot was the conspiracy to blow up the Houses of Parliament on Nov. 5, 1605, while the King, Lords and Commons were assembled there.
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Example sentences
Different lots of ammunition could be tagged by adding trace chemicals to the gunpowder.
Perle seemed to exude the scent of liberation, as well as a whiff of gunpowder.
The enormous logs, too heavy to handle, are blasted into manageable dimensions with gunpowder.
Dry gunpowder of huge excess capacity and export collapse are present.
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