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And also what i have been using is "double base" powder which is common for shotgun and pistol loads, this powder is a mix of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, There is divided opinion between if double base powders are able to be detonated as a high explosive however this may be another reason for the high power of this putty explosive.

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  1. noun A substance consisting of ground, pulverized, or otherwise finely dispersed solid particles.
  2. noun Any of various preparations in the form of powder, as certain cosmetics and medicines.
  3. noun An explosive mixture, such as gunpowder.
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  • This powder was the infallible remedy “against the plague, small-pox; purples, all sorts of feavers; Poyson; either by way of Prevention or after Infection.” —  Anne Bradstreet and Her Time
  • And also what i have been using is "double base" powder which is common for shotgun and pistol loads, this powder is a mix of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, There is divided opinion between if double base powders are able to be detonated as a high explosive however this may be another reason for the high power of this putty explosive. —  The Makeshift Arsenal, by Lowry Version 1.2
  • "I assume, " he said, 'that the powder was a British gift to the Portuguese. —  Sharpe's Havoc
  • That second portion of the powder was his only way of crossing the barrier again, unless he went now. —  Conan The Unconquered
  • I grinned. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
 

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  1. Middle English poudre, from Old French, from Latin pulvis, pulver-.

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  1. Early modern English also pouder, poulder; from Middle English powder, powdyr, powdur, pouder, poudre, dust, powder (=D. poeder, hair-powder, = Middle Low German puder, pudel, powder, = German puder = Swedish puder = Danish pudder, hair-powder), from Old French poudre, poldre, puldre, pouldre, French poudre = Spanish polvo, pólvora = Portuguese po, polvora = Italian polve, polvere = Dutch pulver = Middle Low German pulver = Middle High German pulver, bulver, German pulver = Swedish Danish pulver, powder, from Latin pulvis (pulver-), Middle Latin also pulver, dust, powder; cf. pollen, fine flour (see pollen). From Latin pulvis are also ult. English pulverize, pulverulent, etc.
  2. Early modern English also pouder, poulder, pouldre; from Middle English powderen, poudren (= Dutch poederen, powder, = Middle Low German puderen, season, spice, = German pudern = Swedish pudra = Danish pudre, powder), from Old French poudrer, pouldrer, poldrer, French poudrer = Spanish polvorear, from Middle Latin pulverare, powder, from Latin pulvis (pulver-), powder: see powder, n.
 

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