pyrotechnics
pronunciation
How to pronounce pyrotechnics in British English:
UK [ˌpaɪrəˈteknɪks]
How to pronounce pyrotechnics in American English:
US [ˌpaɪrəˈtɛknɪks]
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- Noun:
- (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music)
- the craft of making fireworks
Word Origin
- pyrotechnics (n.)
- 1729, from pyrotechnic (also see -ics). Figurative sense is from 1901.
Example
- 1. See photos of cosmic pyrotechnics and amazing nebulas .
- 2. Bocaue , phillippines : a worker loads nitrate powder into small tubes at a makeshift pyrotechnics factory .
- 3. The bigger worry is that this week 's pyrotechnics will incinerate wider efforts to stabilise a region full of dangerous rivalries .
- 4. The country band performing that night used pyrotechnics meant for outdoor use only , police said .
- 5. The chinese were the first people to make paper , porcelain and pyrotechnics .