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fireball
[fahyuhr-bawl]
noun
a ball of fire, as the sun; a shooting star.
a luminous meteor, sometimes exploding.
lightning having the appearance of a globe of fire; ball lightning.
the highly luminous central portion of a nuclear explosion.
a ball filled with explosive or combustible material, used as a projectile to injure the enemy by explosion or to set fire to their works.
Informal.an exceptionally energetic or ambitious person.
fireball
/ ˈڲɪəˌɔː /
noun
a ball-shaped discharge of lightning
the bright spherical region of hot ionized gas at the centre of a nuclear explosion
astronomy another name for bolide
slangan energetic person
Example Sentences
Some of the resulting fireballs also suggest the tanks were full of fuel, ready for take off.
The fireballs are created by debris from Comet Thatcher, which takes more than 400 years to orbit the Sun and was discovered in 1861 by A. E. Thatcher.
“I love him, he’s a fireball,” Brown added.
Seconds afterwards a fireball almost completely destroyed the first two carriages of the train.
During this time, fragments of the rocket burning up as fireballs could be seen in the skies over the country, according to the Polish Press Agency and videos shared on social media.
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