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fireworks

noun as in pyrotechnic display at celebrations

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People threw rocks or chunks of cinder blocks, lit objects on fire and set off fireworks in the direction of law enforcement, Galvez’s agreement states.

Liverpool's players were subjected to fireworks let off outside their Istanbul hotel designed to disturb their sleep - but it is a second successive loss that must act as the real wake-up call.

From BBC

While most action has been peaceful, Essex Police said eight officers were hurt on 17 July, when fireworks were let off and eggs thrown.

From BBC

"At midnight all the players were woken up by all these fireworks going off right above us."

From BBC

But while the partisan fireworks draw attention, California Democrats are also quietly offering a different kind of model for the national party that may prove more meaningful in the long run.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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