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powder magazine

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Noun1.powder magazinepowder magazine - a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
powder store, magazine
storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store - a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the docks"
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All hands now set to work cutting down trees, clearing away thickets, and marking out the place for the residence, storehouse, and powder magazine, which were to be built of logs and covered with bark.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Abandoning the fight he rushed into the powder magazine and fired it.
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