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# pyrotechnic

adjective; noun (pyrotechnics — usually plural)

«pyrotechnic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To do with fireworks: «a pyrotechnic display». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#m1)
2. (pyrotechnics, noun) A fireworks show, or the skill of making and setting off fireworks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#m2)
3. (figurative) Very brilliant, dazzling and showy, especially in music, speech or skill: «pyrotechnic guitar playing». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and safety lessons pyrotechnics explain how chemicals make coloured light and bangs; in everyday life it is a fancy word for a fireworks show; in reviews it praises dazzling skill. Phrases: «pyrotechnic display», «pyrotechnic show», «verbal pyrotechnics».

### Examples

- The pyrotechnic display lit up the whole bay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#x1)
- Pyrotechnic experts set off the fireworks safely from a barge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#x2)
- Different metals give pyrotechnic colours: copper makes blue, strontium makes red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#x3)
- The guitarist's pyrotechnic solo amazed the crowd. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#x4)
- Only trained people should handle pyrotechnic devices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#x5)
- The film ended with pyrotechnics over the castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/#x6)

### Note

Noun «pyrotechnics» is usually plural. From Greek «pyr» (fire), as in «pyromaniac» and «pyre». Safety: fireworks are explosives; follow the Firework Code, keep back, never go back to a lit firework.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pyrotechnic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pyrotechnic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pyrotechnic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pyrotechnic.html) on Mova free.