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Roman candle
noun, verb
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Noun
- 1 A traditional type of firework that ejects one or more stars or exploding shells.
"[Karoline] Leavitt threw Roman candles, Catherine wheels and smoke bombs in the air in the hope of distracting reporters. But she was unable to quash the nagging suspicion that Donald Trump has something to hide."
- 2 a cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire wordnet
- 3 A parachute deployment failure in which the parachutist whirls downward at high speed.
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of Roman-candle. alt-of, alternative
"At first, Cyclops's chute began to Roman candle, but in another moment, it popped."
- 2 Alternative form of Roman-candle. alt-of, alternative
"The parachute was on a slant in the air and threatened at any minute to roman candle."
- 3 Alternative form of Roman-candle. alt-of, alternative
"I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back."
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