Meaning of powder burn | Babel Free

Definitions

A burn, ordinarily superficial and on someone's skin, resulting from proximity to an explosion of gunpowder, such as that associated with the discharge of a firearm.

Examples

“To anxious throngs who crowded into Mexico City's Palacio Nacional this week, bland President Manuel Avila Camacho displayed a two-inch swath burned in the jacket of his grey-and-red striped suit⟳, a similar powder burn in his white shirt beneath. The burns were over his heart. A jiu jitsu trick⟳ and somewhat erratic marksmanship were all that had saved the President.”

“Most had head wounds and powder burns, indicating that they had been shot at close⟳ range.”

“Tom Chaney is a depraved man who kills for no good reason⟳. . . . Chaney has a powder burn on his face⟳.”

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