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firework

 noun
     
fire‧work [countable usually plural]
1 a small container filled with powder that burns or explodes to produce coloured lights and noise in the sky:
a New Year's Eve fireworks display
Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks.
2 spoken used to say that someone will be angry:
There'll be fireworks if I get home late again.
3 something that is exciting or impressive:
The real fireworks are provided by Shakespeare's poetry.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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