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pyrotechny
noun as in fireworks display
Weak matches
noun as in pyrotechnics
Strong match
Example Sentences
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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