gunpowder

Blake had gunpowder residue on his body, which he explained by saying he’d been at target practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

It was the law of the blocked road and the fouled well—a pig loose on the highway, a tannery poisoning a shared stream, gunpowder stored where it might ignite and level the block.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"Jagger Strang did not make a bomb, nor did he intend to - he made some gunpowder," Miskin said.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Navy officials have said the new battleship would be armed with unproven next-generation weapons including lasers and rail guns, which are weapons that use electricity to fire a projectile instead of gunpowder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

The sharp smell of gunpowder immediately made my lungs tighten.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The adoption by the French government of the comparatively smokeless nitrocellulose explosive of Paul Vieille in 1887 practically put an end to the old forms of gunpowders.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

The final testing is by firing proofs, as in the case of the old gunpowders.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Danger in Manufacture.—In the case of the old gunpowders, the most dangerous manufacturing operation was incorporation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

The foregoing appliances enabled accurate comparisons to be made at all points between different gunpowders, and to determine the various matters required in the manufacture of the first quality for the various arms of service.

From History of the Confederate Powder Works by George Washington Rains