Gunpowder
noun
A black powder used as propellant in firearms and fireworks.
The cannon was loaded with gunpowder before it was fired.
Often appears as...
- black gunpowder
- smokeless gunpowder
noun
Gunpowder is also a type of green tea that has been rolled into tiny pellets resembling grains of gunpowder.
He ordered a pot of Gunpowder tea at the Chinese restaurant.
Often appears as...
- gunpowder tea
- chinese gunpowder
noun
In British history, 'the Gunpowder Plot' was a failed plan in 1605 by a group of Roman Catholics to kill King James I and members of Parliament by blowing up the Houses of Parliament.
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot.
Often appears as...
- gunpowder plot
- gunpowder treason
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A black powder used as propellant in firearms and fireworks.
The cannon was loaded with gunpowder before it was fired.
Often appears as...
- black gunpowder
- smokeless gunpowder
noun
Gunpowder is also a type of green tea that has been rolled into tiny pellets resembling grains of gunpowder.
He ordered a pot of Gunpowder tea at the Chinese restaurant.
Often appears as...
- gunpowder tea
- chinese gunpowder
noun
In British history, 'the Gunpowder Plot' was a failed plan in 1605 by a group of Roman Catholics to kill King James I and members of Parliament by blowing up the Houses of Parliament.
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot.
Often appears as...
- gunpowder plot
- gunpowder treason
Usage tips
Historical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Explosive Connotation
Often implies violence or danger when used metaphorically.
The debate ended with a gunpowder-like outburst.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Importance
Understanding its role in history helps grasp its power and use in literature.
Historical battles were transformed by the invention of gunpowder.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Appears in idioms or phrases related to excitement or explosive situations.
Their chemistry on the dance floor was like gunpowder.
Pro Tip 1/3Explosive Connotation
Often implies violence or danger when used metaphorically.
The debate ended with a gunpowder-like outburst.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Importance
Understanding its role in history helps grasp its power and use in literature.
Historical battles were transformed by the invention of gunpowder.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Appears in idioms or phrases related to excitement or explosive situations.
Their chemistry on the dance floor was like gunpowder.
Pro Tip 1/3Explosive Connotation
Often implies violence or danger when used metaphorically.
The debate ended with a gunpowder-like outburst.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Importance
Understanding its role in history helps grasp its power and use in literature.
Historical battles were transformed by the invention of gunpowder.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Appears in idioms or phrases related to excitement or explosive situations.
Their chemistry on the dance floor was like gunpowder.
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Video examples
The Silk Road:...
And gunpowder made its way from China to the Middle East forging the futures of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughul Empires. In a way, the Silk Road's success led to its own demise as new maritime technologies, like the magnetic compass, found their way to Europe, making long land routes obsolete.
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David Holt: The stories...
He and his buddies, they were older, and they were pretty mean. They said they were going to beat us up if we didn't make some gunpowder for them. We said, well, what are you going to do with it? They said, we're going to melt it down and make rocket fuel. Sure. We'll make you a big batch.
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The deadly irony of...
From there, engineers and military inventors created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel
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Spotting the World's...
Right, so this is the powder house, and first of all, we've got the door, which you wouldn't really know was a door because every time they use this building, they would break it back up again. So this is the main part of the building that contained the gunpowder inside here.
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Paul Romer: Why the...
Chinese had pioneered technologies like steel, printing, gunpowder. But the Chinese never adopted, at least in that period, effective rules for encouraging the spread of those ideas -- a profit motive that could have encouraged the spread. And they soon adopted rules which
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Big-Ass Rocket PIPE Rocket...
to blow on the parachute we're had if something went wrong you got it my family's a gastronomic got injured because our purse you didn't deploy so believe me I know how important this test is you capturing the Gunpowder where it can compress yes
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Stranded on Starbuck...
in the world to document wildlife here flat and baking hot the islands coral rubble supports a unique ecosystem uninhabited for more than 140 years evidence from the days of mining one used to make gunpowder still exists from
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The power of creative...
it led to the discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin. The same is true of synthetic dye, plastic, and gunpowder. All were created mistakenly, but went on to address the constraints of other problems.
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How War Shaped Our...
bow, iron, gunpowder, the bomb. War pushes the envelope of technology, granting us God-like powers. Tribal raids have given away to nuclear missiles,
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Fireworks in Space - Fan...
fireworks have gunpowder of some kind in them some kind of explosive that
Video examples
The Silk Road:...
And gunpowder made its way from China to the Middle East forging the futures of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughul Empires. In a way, the Silk Road's success led to its own demise as new maritime technologies, like the magnetic compass, found their way to Europe, making long land routes obsolete.
Video examples
David Holt: The stories...
He and his buddies, they were older, and they were pretty mean. They said they were going to beat us up if we didn't make some gunpowder for them. We said, well, what are you going to do with it? They said, we're going to melt it down and make rocket fuel. Sure. We'll make you a big batch.
Video examples
The deadly irony of...
From there, engineers and military inventors created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
Right, so this is the powder house, and first of all, we've got the door, which you wouldn't really know was a door because every time they use this building, they would break it back up again. So this is the main part of the building that contained the gunpowder inside here.
Video examples
Paul Romer: Why the...
Chinese had pioneered technologies like steel, printing, gunpowder. But the Chinese never adopted, at least in that period, effective rules for encouraging the spread of those ideas -- a profit motive that could have encouraged the spread. And they soon adopted rules which
Video examples
Big-Ass Rocket PIPE Rocket...
to blow on the parachute we're had if something went wrong you got it my family's a gastronomic got injured because our purse you didn't deploy so believe me I know how important this test is you capturing the Gunpowder where it can compress yes
Video examples
Stranded on Starbuck...
in the world to document wildlife here flat and baking hot the islands coral rubble supports a unique ecosystem uninhabited for more than 140 years evidence from the days of mining one used to make gunpowder still exists from
Video examples
The power of creative...
it led to the discovery of the first antibiotic, penicillin. The same is true of synthetic dye, plastic, and gunpowder. All were created mistakenly, but went on to address the constraints of other problems.
Video examples
How War Shaped Our...
bow, iron, gunpowder, the bomb. War pushes the envelope of technology, granting us God-like powers. Tribal raids have given away to nuclear missiles,
Video examples
Fireworks in Space - Fan...
fireworks have gunpowder of some kind in them some kind of explosive that
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kyle Hill
American Author
Bullets are fast - even a 9-millimeter handgun launches lead at Mach 1. And the bigger the bullet gets, the more grains of gunpowder it carries, the faster it goes. Modern rifles can fling the small pieces of metal at half the velocity needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Moon.
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John Boyd Orr
Scottish Politician
In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants.
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Cai Guo-Qiang
Chinese Artist
I was growing up in a society that exerted a lot of control on people, and from both my personality and the social condition, I found gunpowder gradually as a very suitable medium for exploration.
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Kyle Carpenter
American Soldier
All of this blue on my face is from the gunpowder residue from the grenade. It blasted it into my face and stained the skin.
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Ana Patricia Botin
Spanish Businesswoman
We didn't invent gunpowder. What we did was take things that were there and put them together in a way that works.
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Andre Maurois
French Writer
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
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Mark Oliphant
Australian Scientist
I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table.
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Wendell Phillips
American Activist
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
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Philip James Bailey
English Poet
Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.
Quote examples
Kyle Hill
American Author
Bullets are fast - even a 9-millimeter handgun launches lead at Mach 1. And the bigger the bullet gets, the more grains of gunpowder it carries, the faster it goes. Modern rifles can fling the small pieces of metal at half the velocity needed to escape the gravitational pull of the Moon.
Quote examples
John Boyd Orr
Scottish Politician
In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants.
Quote examples
Cai Guo-Qiang
Chinese Artist
I was growing up in a society that exerted a lot of control on people, and from both my personality and the social condition, I found gunpowder gradually as a very suitable medium for exploration.
Quote examples
Kyle Carpenter
American Soldier
All of this blue on my face is from the gunpowder residue from the grenade. It blasted it into my face and stained the skin.
Quote examples
Ana Patricia Botin
Spanish Businesswoman
We didn't invent gunpowder. What we did was take things that were there and put them together in a way that works.
Quote examples
Andre Maurois
French Writer
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
Quote examples
Mark Oliphant
Australian Scientist
I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table.
Quote examples
Wendell Phillips
American Activist
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
Quote examples
Philip James Bailey
English Poet
Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.
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