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pyrotechnics
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pyrotechnics (pī'rōtĕk`nĭks, pī'rə–), technology of making and using fireworks. Gunpowder was used in fireworks by the Chinese as early as the 9th cent., and it was they who brought fireworks to a high stage of development. The use of fireworks for display has spread throughout the world. In many countries fireworks are used to celebrate national holidays, e.g., Independence Day in the United States and Bastille Day in France. Many combustibles and explosives and ingenious combinations of the two have been devised to produce impressive sounds and lights of many colors and to drive wheels and rockets. Fireworks are also widely used as signal devices, e.g., various colored flares and smoke grenades to denote distress or to locate targets in military operations. Powerful flares are also used in combat to illuminate enemy positions.

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he treats [the piano] as an intimate, singing voice, whose function is to communicate the subtleties of emotion, not as an enemy to be overcome and subdued by muscular onslaught and dizzying pyrotechnical drives.
It's got all your favorites -- ``Joy to the World,'' ``Silent Night,'' ``Little Drummer Boy'' -- sung with as little feeling as possible, as if Christmas was just an afterthought, focusing on the pyrotechnical warbling style of Mariah Carey instead of on real emotion.
In terms of frenetic pacing, pyrotechnical destruction, and sheer body count, there is in fact no comparision between, say, a Die Hard movie and John Ford's Stage coach," he writes.
 
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