powder magazine
Explosive storage building
A powder magazine is a storage building or compartment for gunpowder and explosives, typically on military installations or aboard warships.
The structure is designed to prevent accidental ignition—thick walls, spark-resistant materials, careful ventilation.
The explosion in the powder magazine destroyed the entire fort.
By extension, any volatile situation may be called a powder magazine: The region was a powder magazine waiting for a spark.
Stockpile of munitions
- armoryMilitary weapons storehouse
- depotVehicle storage facility
- storehouseBuilding for stored goods
- munitions depotMilitary weapons storage site
ammunition dump · cache · stockpile · vault · bunker · warehouse · keep · strongroom
Encased charges for firing
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- shellsProtective outer layers
- shotQuick liquor serving
- explosivesDetonating substances
charges · fuses · primers · propellant · cordite · saltpeter · musket balls · grapeshot
Violent burst of energy
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- blastSudden forceful burst
- combustibleCapable of burning
- volatileLiable to sudden change
flammable · spark · ignition · conflagration · accident · sabotage · lightning strike · fire risk
Fortified defensive position
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- garrisonStationed military force
blockhouse · stronghold · emplacement · earthwork · casemate · rampart · parapet · battlement
Of occupied territories
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- sapperMilitary construction soldier
cannonade · garrison · redcoat · Williamsburg · minutemen · flintlock · muzzleloader · privateer
arsenal
Stockpile of munitions
- armoryMilitary weapons storehouse
- depotVehicle storage facility
- storehouseBuilding for stored goods
munitions depot · ammunition dump · cache · stockpile · vault · bunker · warehouse · keep · strongroom · repository
cartridges
Encased charges for firing
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
- shellsProtective outer layers
- shotQuick liquor serving
explosives · charges · fuses · primers · propellant · cordite · saltpeter · musket balls · grapeshot · round shot
explosion
Violent burst of energy
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- blastSudden forceful burst
- combustibleCapable of burning
volatile · flammable · spark · ignition · conflagration · accident · sabotage · lightning strike · fire risk · safety protocols
bastion
Fortified defensive position
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
garrison · blockhouse · stronghold · emplacement · earthwork · casemate · rampart · parapet · battlement · gun emplacement
colonial
Of occupied territories
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
sapper · cannonade · garrison · redcoat · Williamsburg · minutemen · flintlock · muzzleloader · privateer · man-of-war
- historic sitesruins, historic site, basilica, monument, fortress
- mining townsaloon, general store, mine shaft, gold pan, prospector
- minemine shaft, adit, drift, crosscut, raise
- colonial buildingscolonial inn, colonial mansion, colonial home, meetinghouse, plantation house
- Mining Heritagecolliery, coal town, mining town, mining settlement, mining camp
- ship partshull, keel, deck, mast, bow
powder magazinebarracks
Soldiers' residential building
officers' quarters · mess hall · infirmary · guardhouse · command post
powder, magazine, powdered, gunpowder, powdery, powders, powdering, black powder, smokeless powder