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smokeless powder
noun
- any of various substitutes for ordinary gunpowder that give off little or no smoke, especially one composed wholly or mostly of guncotton.
smokeless powder
noun
- any one of a number of explosives that burn with relatively little smoke. They consist mainly of nitrocellulose and are used as propellants
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Word History and Origins
Origin of smokeless powder1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
Of course, the whole difficulty in such cases arises from the invisible fire of smokeless powder.
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At the front rose a dense fog of fleecy white, for the volunteers had not yet been afforded the luxury of smokeless powder.
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This fact, combined with the use of smokeless powder, makes the locating of hostile batteries exceedingly difficult.
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Smokeless powder and Maxim silencers are no ways common out in these woods.
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Rottweil Smokeless Powder: a gelatined powder containing camphor and diphenylamine.
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