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firework

How to use firework in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for firework.

Editorial note

I'd hate to think what would happen if a firework took out the drone and it hit a person. From that height it would likely do some serious damage.

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Quick take

(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of firework gathered in one view.

noun

(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for firework.

noun

(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

Example sentences

1

I'd hate to think what would happen if a firework took out the drone and it hit a person. From that height it would likely do some serious damage.

2

At the risk of sounding like a Disney firework show - follow your dream. If you have a dream of owning your own business, you can make a plan to do that.

3

Its like comparing a rocket to a firework or better an engine to one of the cogs in its engine.

4

Most active discussion groups have "firework" issues where one post triggers a burst of similar posts that flare up briefly and then sink back into the background noise. vim happens to be the topic du jour.

5

If I told you that some of the appeal did not come from the fact that one in 50 of those things was likely to go off like a firework, I'd be a liar.

6

I have to shoot 10+ fireworks at once, with `partCount` at 500+ in order to get below 20fps. I wish I could make the launch of the firework a bit more realistic; it shouldn't accelerate against gravity.

7

It would in ballistics, but a firework is a rocket. It accelerates as it gets higher because the rocket is constantly providing more thrust.

8

Secondly, the new realm of beyond-visual-range high-altitude model aeroplane flight, as explored in the firework video. The first has long been legal.

9

But I still freeze for a moment when I hear a distant firework or other load bang, and my mind immediately tries to identify the "weapon" sound signature. But I still feel uncomfortable in large crowds, and always scan for an easy exit.

10

The guy reacts to a shitstorm by providing unsourced opinion with a well established media name to link a cop operation with a stock firework picture supposed to be posted in USA on 4th. That's at least lacking rigorous work.

11

Yes, and I grew up in Florida where shooting off fireworks more exciting than sparklers and snakes, without a license, was illegal. As a loyal firework-American, I lived under the threat that my bootleg North Carolina bottlerockets could land me in jail.

12

In other words, you're more likely to be hit by an asteroid, drowned in a tsunami, blown up by a firework, or fatally attacked by a dog. Of course, you are also 50x more likely to die in a non-terrorism-related air accident, and 200x more likely still to die in a motor accident.

13

The black and white, the scrolling plot summary, the dinky bullet shaped spaceships and firework rocket engines, flying around saving space princesses were a bit naff, but we lapped it up anyway. That opening scroll, but in full colour on a 'modern' cinema screen, with the latest sound systems of the day was stunning.

14

Well I think soon in every firework show we will see 50 of those flying around and disturbing the view... \nIts like people that take Ipads to concerts - screw all the people behind me, at least I will have a great recording!

15

The firework was lit and tossed into one of the steel barrels used as garbage containers on campus. The two walked down the hall, noted the several seconds of absolute silence which settled over campus following the blast, and walked into the classroom of a teacher they both had, which was generally open during lunch.

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The point being that there's about 100 ways to make a mostly harmless little chemical firework. Add a thin layer of theater to pretend that folks don't know this and its not all over the internet and if we just pretend not to talk about it, it'll never happen, just like the same morons think works with respect to homosexuality, or premarital straight sex, or atheism, or any number of topics that some morons often don't like.

17

The list of jobs that require licences in some states already sounds like something from Monty Pythonflorists, handymen, wrestlers, tour guides, frozen-dessert sellers, firework operatives, second-hand booksellers and, of course, interior designersbut it will become sillier still if ambitious cat-groomers and dog-walkers get their way Handymen, frozen-dessert sellers, and firework operatives all plausibly involve health or safety concerns. Where in the US do second-hand booksellers need a license?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use firework in a sentence?

I'd hate to think what would happen if a firework took out the drone and it hit a person. From that height it would likely do some serious damage.

What does firework mean?

(usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.

What part of speech is firework?

firework is commonly used as noun.