Pyrotechnics
ahd-5
noun.
The art of manufacturing or setting off fireworks.
noun.
A fireworks display.
noun.
A brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The art of making fireworks; the composition, structure, and use of fireworks. See
firework
, 2.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The art and
technology
of
fireworks
and related
military
applications
.
noun.
A
display
of
fireworks
.
noun.
An
impressive
display.
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noun.
(music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music)
noun.
the craft of making fireworks
Word Usage
"Earlier in the day, he came out, too, facing reporters, saying that the case wasn't about what he called the pyrotechnics that the other camp made."
Etymologically Related
pyro-
pyrotechnic
pyrotechnical
pyrotechnist
pyrotechny
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
brilliance
craft
genius
trade
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
technics
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
calorimetry
debating
declamation
demagogism
elocution