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Flashy display
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fireworks
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Fireworks are a class of low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), a display of the effects produced ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also fire-works , "pyrotechnic contrivances," 1570s, from fire (n.) + works . Figurative use from 1660s.
Usage examples of fireworks.
Halloween bonfire, where a gang of men was erecting the wooden framework for the fireworks display that was to open the evening.
He watched, holding his breath, waiting for the fireworks as they detonated.
He shook his head in amazement as cascading insights went off like fireworks inside his brain.
Now, could you hook up a bunch of fireworks to scare someone without hurting him?
He began tying the wick of each piece of fireworks to a long cable that snaked in a large circle around the trailer.
Pete, Larry, Sidnev, Wilbur, and Elmer as they carefully picked up the fireworks and replaced them in the boxes.
Nearly all the rest of our money went to get fireworks for the Fifth of November.