pyrotechnic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to fireworks or the techniques used to make and display them

   A trained crew managed the pyrotechnic display.

2. 2
   adj

   brilliant, spectacular, or dazzling in a way that resembles fireworks

   The pianist gave a pyrotechnic performance.

3. 3
   noun

   a firework or similar device that produces light, smoke, noise, or heat

   Each pyrotechnic was inspected before the concert.

From Greek pyr, ‘fire,’ and tekhnikos, ‘relating to art or skill,’ via terms for the art of making fireworks. The figurative sense compares dazzling skill or display to an explosion of fireworks.

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