# Pyro

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pyro
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pyro.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro
> Source revision: 1312562513
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Wiktionary}}
'''Pyro''' comes from the Greek word πῦρ (pyr), meaning ''[fire](/source/fire)''. It may refer to:

{{TOC right}}
==Businesses==
*[Pyro Plastics Corporation](/source/Pyro_Plastics_Corporation), a plastic model kit maker 1940s through the 1970s
*[Pyro Studios](/source/Pyro_Studios), a computer game developer based in Madrid
*[NRK P3 Pyro](/source/NRK_P3_Pyro), a Norwegian Internet-based music radio station

==Entertainment==
* ["Pyro" (song)](/source/Pyro_(song)), by Kings of Leon, 2010
* "Pyro", a song by T.S.O.L. from their 2001 album ''[Disappear](/source/Disappear_(album))''
* "Pyro", a song by Hail the Villain from their 2010 album ''[Population: Declining](/source/Population%3A_Declining)''
* "Pyro", a song by the Standstills from their 2012 album ''[Pushing Electric](/source/Pushing_Electric)''
* "Pyro", a song by 2:54 from their 2014 album ''[The Other I](/source/The_Other_I)''
* "Pyro", a song by Shinedown from their 2018 album ''[Attention Attention](/source/Attention_Attention)''
* "Pyro", a song by Budjerah from his 2021 [self-titled EP](/source/Budjerah_(EP))
* "Pyro (leak 2019)", a song by Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats from their 2020 EP ''[Unlocked](/source/Unlocked_(Denzel_Curry_and_Kenny_Beats_album))''
* [Pyro (Marvel Comics)](/source/Pyro_(Marvel_Comics)), a Marvel Comics supervillain
* [Pyro (''Team Fortress 2'')](/source/Pyro_(Team_Fortress_2)), one of the playable classes in the video game
* ''[Pyro... The Thing Without a Face](/source/Pyro..._The_Thing_Without_a_Face)'', a 1964 film starring Barry Sullivan and Martha Hyer
* A god in the video game [''Sacrifice''](/source/Sacrifice_(video_game))
* One of the seven elements in the video game ''[Genshin Impact](/source/Genshin_Impact)''

==Other uses==
*[Pyro (horse)](/source/Pyro_(horse)), an American thoroughbred racehorse
*[Pyro, Ohio](/source/Pyro%2C_Ohio), United States
*{{USS|Pyro}}, two U.S. Navy ammunition ships
*Short for [pyrotechnics](/source/pyrotechnics)
*Slang for a person afflicted with [pyromania](/source/pyromania), the inability to resist the impulse to deliberately start fires
*Pyro cable, [mineral-insulated copper-clad cable](/source/mineral-insulated_copper-clad_cable) (MICC), a fire-resistant electrical cable
*Probabilistic programming language Pyro, extending from [PyTorch](/source/PyTorch)
*Short for [Pyrogallol](/source/Pyrogallol), a chemical compound used as a black-and-white photographic film developing agent
*Short for [pyrovalerone](/source/pyrovalerone), a stimulant similar to those of the cathinone class

==See also==
* [Pyrrho of Elis](/source/Pyrrho) (360–270 BC), Greek philosopher, founder of [Pyrrhonism](/source/Pyrrhonism)
*[Pyros (disambiguation)](/source/Pyros_(disambiguation))
*{{in title}}

{{Disambiguation}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pyro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyro?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.