pyrotechnics

[ pahy-ruh-tek-niks ]

/ ˌpaɪ rəˈtɛk nɪks /

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

the art of making fireworks.

the use of fireworks for display, military purposes, etc.

a display of fireworks.

a brilliant or sensational display, as of rhetoric or musicianship.

Military. ammunition containing chemicals for producing smoke or light, as for signaling, illuminating, or screening.

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Also py·ro·tech·ny (for defs. 1, 2) .

Origin of pyrotechnics

First recorded in 1710–20; see origin at pyrotechnic, -ics

Words nearby pyrotechnics

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How to use pyrotechnics in a sentence

Thankfully, no one was injured in the blast, which—at the very least—makes for a spectacular display of pyrotechnics.
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But what Waters is doing in The Paying Guests is something more nuanced than mere plotting pyrotechnics.
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GoPro hooked up a camera to a drone and flew it into the pyrotechnics, offering a new way to marvel at the spectacle.
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It is judiciously salted with a toasty herbal twist—more about comfort than culinary pyrotechnics.
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Find a fisherman to take you out on the water at dusk to watch the natural pyrotechnics at their bellowing best.
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Then he deprived Fred of his rifle amid a surprisingly brilliant outburst of verbal pyrotechnics.
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Amid the vocal pyrotechnics from the Holmes apartments, Harlan escaped into the library, but his poem was gone.
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No more pyrotechnics; no further meetings on the floor; no more grips at close quarters.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893|Various
To enable the night bomber to see his target the interesting piece of pyrotechnics known as the airplane flare was invented.
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Another important use of pyrotechnics occurred in those enterprises known as night-bombing raids.
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British Dictionary definitions for pyrotechnics

pyrotechnics

/ (ˌpaɪrəʊˈtɛknɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) the art or craft of making fireworks

(functioning as singular or plural) a firework display

(functioning as singular or plural) brilliance of display, as in the performance of musickeyboard pyrotechnics

Also called: pyrotechny

Derived forms of pyrotechnics

pyrotechnic or pyrotechnical, adjective

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