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pyrotechny

[pahy-ruh-tek-niks]

py·ro·tech·nics

[pahy-ruh-tek-niks]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
1.
the art of making fireworks.
2.
the use of fireworks for display, military purposes, etc.
3.
a display of fireworks.
4.
a brilliant or sensational display, as of rhetoric or musicianship.
5.
Military. ammunition containing chemicals for producing smoke or light, as for signaling, illuminating, or screening.
Also, py·ro·tech·ny (for defs. 1, 2).


Origin:
1710–20; see pyrotechnic, -ics
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Pyrotechny is always a great word to know.
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pyrotechny

noun
the craft of making fireworks [syn: pyrotechnics
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