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pyrotechny
  1. The manufacture and use of fireworks.
  2. (figuratively) Impressive, dazzling or virtuosic display.
  3. The use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy.
  4. (obsolete) The manufacture and use of gunpowder, bombs etc.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “It is only to be expected that the writings of such a distinguished fireworker would be eagerly sought by anyone interested in pyrotechny.”
      “On Instagram, snippets of the first New York City performance, also at Barclays, three days earlier, teased orange pyrotechny and billows of white smoke.”
      “But if all rhetoric is a mode of pyrotechny, and all pyrotechnics are by necessity fugacious, yet even in these frail pomps there are many degrees of frailty.”
pyrotechnics
  1. The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.
  2. A display of fireworks.
  3. (figuratively) An impressive display.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The show's dazzling pyrotechnics make it a favorite among fans.”
      “We enjoyed the pyrotechnics in the movie.”
      “The slow movements act as calming counterbalances to the dizzying pyrotechnics of the fast movements.”
pyrotechnist
  1. (dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.
  2. (figuratively) One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
  3. Examples:
    1. “We will not hide the fact that these musical themes are part of the usual job of any pyrotechnist.”
      “Moreover, every pyrotechnist has his own taste in the matter of compositions.”
      “It seems so strange that he should take it into his head to be a pyrotechnist.”
pyrotechnician
  1. A person who designs or organises pyrotechnics.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Coston worked with the pyrotechnician for several more weeks, perfecting the colors and figuring out how to manufacture them in large quantities.”
      “Mr. Moyer, 64, a pyrotechnician and fireman in Pottsville, Pa., has been tracking firecracker packages for five decades.”
      “The posters and packaging mainly came from the collection of Maurice Evans,  an octogenarian  historian and pyrotechnician in Sussex.”
pyrotechnicians
  1. plural of pyrotechnician
  2. Examples:
    1. “In pursuit of this passion, all have put themselves through a rigid training course to qualify as pyrotechnicians.”
      “In China, pyrotechnicians were respected for their knowledge of complex techniques in mounting firework displays.”
      “Experts at handling explosives, called pyrotechnicians, add chemicals for special effects.”
pyrotechnists
  1. plural of pyrotechnist
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