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pyrotechny

noun as in fireworks display

noun as in pyrotechnics

Strong match

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There is no pyrotechny in the writing — just compassion and shrewd insight.

Bengal′-light, a brilliant signal-light used at sea in a case of shipwreck, and in ordinary pyrotechny for illuminating a district of country—prepared from nitre, sulphur, and the black sulphide of antimony.

At length the discharge of a cannon summoned the admirers of pyrotechny to witness a display of their art.

Beauty of motion is hardly less important in pyrotechny than brilliancy of fire and variety of colour.

Its nitrate and chlorate are used in pyrotechny.

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

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