powder magazine

Noun

Meaning

a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored

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A powder magazine was hacked out of the bedrock beneath the Joannes bastion. Source: Internet

It blew up as a result of heated cannon shot from a gunboat hitting the powder magazine, killing all its inhabitants. Source: Internet

In the afternoon of 18 November 1857, a huge explosion rocked Mainz when the city's powder magazine, the Pulverturm, exploded. Source: Internet

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