pyromachy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pyro- +‎ -machy.

Noun[edit]

pyromachy (uncountable)

  1. The use of fire in combat.
    • 1950, Paul Frischauer, So great a queen: the story of Esther, Queen of Persia, page 313:
      The general-in-chief of pyromachy was holding in readiness a detail outfitted with supplies of tinder and torches for emergency incendiary action.

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