Meaning of FIREBALL
| Pronunciation: | | 'fIr`bol
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- [n] the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
- [n] a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- [n] a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- [n] an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
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| | Synonyms: | | ball of fire, bolide, human dynamo, powerhouse |
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| | See Also: | | actor, atomic explosion, ball, doer, globe, meteor, nuclear explosion, orb, self-starter, shooting star, worker | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fire"ball`\, n.
(a) (Mil.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles,
intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by
explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light
them up, so that movements may be seen.
(b) A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing
rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.
\Fire"ball`\, n.
Ball, or globular, lightning.
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| | Related Terms: | | aerolite, alcohol, ball lightning, benzine, bolide, bolt, bolt of lightning, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, chain lightning, charcoal, chondrite, coal, coke, combustible, cosmic dust, dark lightning, dope, ethane, ethanol, firebolt, firing, flammable, flammable material, flying flame, forked lightning, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, fulguration, fulmination, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, Jupiter Fulgur, kerosene, levin bolt, lightning, meteor, meteor crater, meteor dust, meteor shower, meteor swarm, meteor trail, meteor train, meteoric shower, meteorite, meteoroid, meteorolite, methane, methanol, micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, natural gas, oak-cleaving thunderbolts, octane, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, propane, propellant, radiant, radiant point, rocket fuel, sheet lightning, shooting star, siderite, siderolite, stroke of lightning, tektite, Thor, thunderball, thunderbolt, thunderstroke, turf |
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