fireball
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.
Informal. an exceptionally energetic or ambitious person.
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How to use fireball in a sentence
Earlier this month, a gleaming, 15-story rocket exploded in a massive fireball over a coastal testing facility near Brownsville, Texas.
SpaceX Starships keep exploding, but it’s all part of Elon Musk’s plan | Erik Olsen | February 17, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSometime before 1962, he added, it would have reentered Earth’s atmosphere and melted into an enormous fireball.
Lunik: Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite | Bobbie Johnson | January 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe rocket came in a little too hot, bursting into a fireball on the launchpad, which Musk on Twitter attributed to a low fuel tank pressure.
SpaceX’s Starship flies, belly flops, and bursts into flames | Charlie Wood | December 10, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe capsule created a brilliant fireball as it streaked through Earth’s atmosphere.
Hayabusa2’s asteroid dirt may hold clues to the early solar system | Lisa Grossman | December 7, 2020 | Science NewsCut a grape in half, pop it in the microwave, and you’ll get a tiny fireball of electrons and electrically-charged atoms.
fireball Cinnamon Whiskey is manufactured by Sazerac, an alcoholic beverage company based in Metairie, La.
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2011, fireball had just $1.9 million in sales in the United States, reported Bloomberg Businessweek.
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTfireball has exploded in popularity in the United States, prompting expansion in Europe.
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEarlier this year, the fraternity news website Total Frat Move declared fireball “the most popular shot for college students.”
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTfireball insists that there are “no health risks” and that “all fireball formulas are absolutely safe to drink.”
Europeans Recall Fireball Whiskey Over a Sweetener Also Used in Antifreeze | Tim Mak | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fireball, being much faster than the clumsy Brainchild, had left Earth later than the slower ship, and had arrived earlier.
Unwise Child | Gordon Randall GarrettThe ugly, deep red fireball from the exploding wreckage was still growing as Clay slammed down on the fire-control panel.
Code Three | Rick RaphaelThen one stopped transmitting; in the other screens, there was a rising fireball where she had been.
The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam PiperThe gunboat was struggling to regain her equilibrium, and the aircar had vanished in a fireball.
The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam PiperOn the upper turn fireball and Harry Root found the pace too warm for them and dropped back.
Old Man Curry | Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
British Dictionary definitions for fireball
/ (ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl) /
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
slang an energetic person
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