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py·ro·tech·nic
I. \|pīrə|teknik, -rō|t-, -nēk\ adjective
also py·ro·tech·ni·cal \-nə̇kəl, -nēk-\
Etymology: pyrotechnic probably from French pyrotechnique, from pyrotechnie pyrotechny + -ique -ic; pyrotechnical from pyrotechny + -ical
: of or relating to pyrotechnics
< pyrotechnic smokes >
• py·ro·tech·ni·cal·ly \-nə̇k(ə)lē, -nēk-, -li\ adverb
II. noun
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1. pyrotechnics plural but singular or plural in construction : the art of making or the manufacture and use of fireworks (as for display, military signaling, or illumination) : pyrotechny
2. pyrotechnics plural
a. : materials (as fireworks, powders, and ammunition) for flares or signals
b. : a display of fireworks
3. : a spectacular and usually highly emotional display (as of oratory, rhetoric, anger, wit, or extreme virtuosity)
< pages of glittering pyrotechnic — Gamaliel Bradford >
— usually used in plural |