blasting powder
noun
a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
Origin of blasting powder
1First recorded in 1865–70
Words Nearby blasting powder
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How to use blasting powder in a sentence
The living, the tools, the blasting-powder, and the help eat it up faster than Orion's salary can grow.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe new blasting powder and a destructive shell might build her the palace she deserved.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete | George MeredithThe one little spark had found its way to a barrel of blasting powder and caused a terrible explosion.
The Elusive Pimpernel | Baroness Emmuska OrczyThe blasting powder in twenty-pound cans was being passed from hand to hand to the chargers.
The Daughter of a Magnate | Frank H. SpearmanThen if we are going into the mining business, better take some blasting powder.
The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon | Wyn Roosevelt
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