giant powder


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giant powder

n
(Chemistry) dynamite composed of trinitroglycerine absorbed in kieselguhr
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Some of her more famous dances have involved a carousel horse, a giant powder compact, a filigree heart and a clawfoot bathtub with a working shower head.
His visit came on the day Brexit campaigner Gina Miller warned that the public had been "wilfully misled" over leaving the EU and that the country is sitting on a "giant powder keg" as a result.
Some balloons include bags of water (to moisten the air); others include "finely crushed bone and concentrated sulphuric acid" (you know, to produce nitrogen); still other balloons include canisters of "giant powder" (a type of blasting powder), and "chlorid [sic] of potash" (reason unclear); and yet still another set of balloons includes oil burners and a tank of water in order to produce steam.