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Example sentences for: gunpowder

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The church became a barracks during Oliver Cromwell’s occupation of the city in the 1650; in 1718 there was an explosion of gunpowder that had been stored by city fathers in the tower.
On 9 November they broke through the outer walls to find the Greeks blockaded into a wine storeroom where they had a stash of gunpowder.
… The top 10 inventions include electrification, contraceptives, gunpowder, and calculus.
The technology could also add the smell of gunpowder to action films or burnt flesh to computer games.
The general trend dates back at least to the invention of gunpowder: As technology advances, the growing power, compactness, and accessibility of lethal technologies mean that more people in more lands have the option of committing atrocities of greater and greater severity.