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Definition of: pyrotechnics
(pī′rə·tek′niks, pir′ə-) noun
1. The art of making or using fireworks: also py′·ro·tech′ny.
2. A display of fireworks.
3. An ostentatious display, as of oratory. [Earlier pyrotechny <F pyrotechnie <Gk. pyr, pyros fire + technē an art; infl. in form by pyrotechnic]
—py′ro·tech′nist noun
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