pyrotechnic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
adjective of or relating to the craft of making fireworks
adjective suggestive of fireworks

From Latin pyrotechnica, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “skillful, workmanlike”). Analyzable as pyro- + technic.

"Would not the 'Valley of the Pyrotechnics' do as well?" inquired Lyon Berners, with dry humor. — Cruel as the grave, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
They pricked him with the javelins, shook the red banners in his face, and fizzed the pyrotechnics before his eyes. — Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East, Oliver Optic
The beams of the Lewistons rebounded from that armor in futile pyrotechnics, the bullets of the automatics spattered and exploded impotently against it. — Triplanetary, E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

firework

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