The exploding bombs and gunpowder leveled every structure for hundreds of yards in all directions.
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Ships carried weapons and gunpowder to Africa, then loaded on human beings.
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There was no gunpowder found on her skin, supporting the notion of a shot not fired at extreme close range.
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Williams agreed to submit to a gunpowder residue test, which reportedly was negative.
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He was filmed leaving the apartment with a heavy bag, which later showed traces of gunpowder.
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The man who had swallowed the camel of the Gunpowder Plot was scandalised at the idea of horse-stealing!
It Might Have Been|Emily Sarah Holt
At Hawarden gunpowder has been used to blow up portions of the Keep.
The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book|William Henry Gladstone
Besides, the weapons are useless without the cartridges of gunpowder and lead.
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen
Now gunpowder, like all explosives, is simply some thing or mixture of things which is capable of burning very quickly.
The Romance of War Inventions|Thomas W. Corbin
And so in military matters, the discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defence in a new instrumentality.
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine|John Henry Cardinal Newman
British Dictionary definitions for gunpowder
gunpowder
/ (ˈɡʌnˌpaʊdə) /
noun
an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulphur (typical proportions are 75:15:10): used in time fuses, blasting, and fireworksAlso called: black powder