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pyrotechnic

Syllables: py·ro·tech·nic/ˌpaɪɹoʊˈtɛknɪk/

pyrotechnic adjective: of or relating to fireworks.

Adjective

pyrotechnic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to fireworks.
  2. Of or relating to the use of fire in chemistry or metallurgy.
  3. Resembling fireworks.
    • They had spent much of June and July walking about the plateau near Poronin and discussing Kuba’s pyrotechnic schemes for making money. Possibly because of his bourgeois origins, Hanecki had a remarkable financial flair, and extraordinary grasp of money matters—a quality as valuable as it was rare...1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 178
    • [T]he Weston clan, whose dysfunctions are pyrotechnic in their scale and intensity.2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in...

pyrotechnic meaning in Kannada

pyrotechnic in Kannada

ಬಾಣಬಿರುಸು ವಿದ್ಯೆ, ಬಾಣಬಿರುಸು ಮಾಡುವ ಕಲೆ

Origin of pyrotechnic

From Latin pyrotechnica, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “skillful, workmanlike”). Analyzable as pyro- + technic.

Words formed from pyrotechnic

Phrases with pyrotechnic

Questions about pyrotechnic

What does pyrotechnic mean?
Pyrotechnic means of or relating to fireworks.
What is pyrotechnic in Kannada?
Pyrotechnic in Kannada is ಬಾಣಬಿರುಸು ವಿದ್ಯೆ, ಬಾಣಬಿರುಸು ಮಾಡುವ ಕಲೆ. See Pyrotechnic meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is pyrotechnic?
Pyrotechnic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pyrotechnic?
Pyrotechnic is pronounced /ˌpaɪɹoʊˈtɛknɪk/ (US).

Words near pyrotechnic in the dictionary

  1. pyrotartrate
  2. pyrotartrates
  3. pyrotartrimide
  4. pyrotechnian
  5. pyrotechnians
  6. pyrotechnic
  7. pyrotechnic composition
  8. pyrotechnic compositions
  9. pyrotechnic initiator
  10. pyrotechnic initiators
  11. pyrotechnical

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