pyrotechny
Example Sentences
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There is no pyrotechny in the writing — just compassion and shrewd insight.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2014
Not until the 19th century did pyrotechny make big advances.
From Time Magazine Archive
In those days, long before and after July 4 fireworkmen were billed like vaudeville teams about the country, the wonders of pyrotechny were displayed to smalltown folk in parks and pastures.
From Time Magazine Archive
The aged man who had before spoken said, "No, Reuben, you evidently don't understand pyrotechny."
From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances by Ward, Artemus
It is decomposed by heat, and is largely used in pyrotechny for the preparation of green fire.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
