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gunpowder

[guhn-pou-der] / ˈgʌnˌpaʊ dər /
NOUN
ammunition
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ammo armament bomb bullet cartridge chemical explosive materiel missile munition napalm rocket shrapnel torpedo
STRONG
ball buckshot cannonball charge confetti fuse grenade powder round shell shot
WEAK
iron rations
NOUN
explosive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ammunition bomb booby trap detonator dynamite mine missile munition powder
STRONG
TNT charge fireworks grease grenade mulligan nitroglycerin pineapple propellant shell shot soup
NOUN
munitions
Synonyms
STRONG
ammo armament arsenal bombs bullets explosives grenades missiles shells torpedos weapons

Example Sentences

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They likened AI’s potential to transform the military to gunpowder, a technology invented in China but more effectively weaponized, many in China believe, by others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

Authorities vowed to stabilize investment with more fiscal gunpowder from the central government, according to the Xinhua readout of the gathering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Combine sand and gunpowder and thwack, you’ve made a brick of TNT.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

At the top of the hill is a stone turret, the eponymous powder house, where the British army arrived in 1774 to seize a stock of gunpowder.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025

Cartography came as a technological package, along with gunpowder weaponry; and gunpowder weaponry really is about power, and nothing else.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton