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Substance Used To Ignite Firework Fuses

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noun

• A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

38%5 A device used to ignite a rocket or firework
noun

• a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring

• a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains

• a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind

• any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant

27%11 A substance used in firework compositions
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