firecracker
Example Sentences
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The city centre was pedestrianised while fireworks and firecrackers were banned, but that did not stop Neapolitans celebrating with such items throughout the night.
From Reuters
Three months later, Mrs. Timmins was riding in the presidential motorcade in Dallas when she heard what “sounded like firecrackers,” as she later put it.
From Washington Post
When Waleed's family arrived in Cairo they heard children letting off firecrackers to celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Fitr that falls at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
From Reuters
Thai Isarn Soul Kitchen, a local takeout chain known for its signature firecracker shrimp, expands to Queen Anne.
From Seattle Times
Officers used beatings, steel-tipped bullets and stun grenades to clear the space; worshipers threw rocks and firecrackers at them, police said.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
