Synonyms for gunpowder
ˈgʌnˌpaʊ dərgun·pow·der

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1. gunpowder, powdernoun

   a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks

   Synonyms:
   pulverisation, powder, pulverization

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1. • Explosive

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1. List of paraphrases for "gunpowder":

   powder, baroud, keg, cordite

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1. Dean F. Wilson:

   That was the trouble with explaining with words. If you explained with gunpowder, people listened.

2. Simms:

   The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air.

3. Lynda Vanartsdalen:

   There was all this popping and smoke, i can still smell the gunpowder to this day.

4. Pavel Durov:

   Whenever technological advancement is made it can always be used both for good or for bad, you can compare it with the invention of gunpowder for example : Once the secret is out there, it doesn't make sense to force your local users of gunpowder to make your gunpowder less efficient when the other side can still use it and use it in an efficient way.

5. Andre Maurois:

   We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love.