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gunpowder
noun as in ammunition
noun as in explosive
Example Sentences
Drones were spotted this month in France, loitering around a gunpowder plant and a train station where tanks are located.
When it reached Mozambique, the majority of the bars, along with wine, gunpowder, olive oil, and dry goods, were used to purchase between 400 and 500 people.
Nevertheless, despite the absence of gunpowder, mass slaughter proceeded throughout the world’s oceans.
Though the conquistadors enjoyed superior technology, including steel weapons and gunpowder, European diseases such as smallpox and measles proved more decisive, taking untold millions of indigenous lives.
One recent target was the Bryansk Chemical Plant that makes gunpowder, explosives and components for rocket fuel for ammunition and missiles.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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