Used in a Sentence

pyro

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pyro.

Editorial note

It constantly monitors current at the millisecond level and is pyro-actuated to cut power with extreme precision and certainty.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(informal, uncountable) Pyrotechnics.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

(informal, uncountable) Pyrotechnics.

noun

(informal, countable) A pyrotechnician.

noun

(slang, countable) A pyromaniac.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pyro.

noun

(informal, uncountable) Pyrotechnics.

noun

(informal, countable) A pyrotechnician.

noun

(slang, countable) A pyromaniac.

noun

(uncountable) Pyrocellulose.

Example sentences

1

It constantly monitors current at the millisecond level and is pyro-actuated to cut power with extreme precision and certainty.

2

Even with clothes you can quickly recognise a heavy, a pyro, a medic at a distance.

3

There are plenty of names that are nonsense (Kodak) or whose meanings are not obvious (Pyrex = Pyro (fire) Rex (king)).

4

One of the most incredible experiences has been playing as the Team Fortress 2 pyro.

5

They could add pyro separators and moving knives (as the Apollo LAM used).

6

Pyrex is invented, but comes from Pyro (Fire) + Rex (King), which makes the use of it for heat proof glass easier to understand.

7

Archlinux provides rtorrent-pyro in the AUR which you could use without patching.

8

SpaceX seem to try pretty hard to avoid pyros -- one reason I've heard is that pyro devices can't be tested!

9

The Galileo Jupiter atmospheric probe deployed its parachutes late because the accelerometer designed to trigger the pyro charges to release the parachutes was wired backwards.

10

For beginners, the only playable frontline classes are pyro and heavy.

11

It's not the official Pyro model from TF2 though.

12

Better yet, a lot of mechanics like pyro reflect get much more interesting when you're facing other skilled opponents because of how much prediction is involved in the timing.

Quote examples

1

A lot of fans are asking "where's the pyro?" Well, they can't have the pyro, because they don't have a license for that part of the game.

2

Most of the on-screen characters are just "shoots X out of their Y" - Storm, Cyclops, Pyro, Iceman, etc.

3

(Kodak using K - "it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter."; Pyrex being a mashup of the Latin words Pyro (fire) and Rex (king)).

4

If you can do this as a $10k update "safely" with a computer-controlled pyro fuse, I wonder what you could do by hacking the firmware and replacing it with a piece of busbar.

Proper noun examples

1

The Python Robotics module (Pyro) inspired MIT's internal library, SoaR, which was developed at first by a highly motivated TA.

2

The most important skills for a web developer are the ability to talk to a client, see a good solution based on an existing platform (Wordpress, Magento, Pyro, Backbone, etc), and implement it in an organised and maintainable way.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use pyro in a sentence?

It constantly monitors current at the millisecond level and is pyro-actuated to cut power with extreme precision and certainty.

What does pyro mean?

(informal, uncountable) Pyrotechnics.

What part of speech is pyro?

pyro is commonly used as noun.