About The Word Fireball

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Fireball

Fireball Meaning & Definition
Fireball Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fireball?

[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)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fireball: ball of fire | bolide | human dynamo | powerhouse

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fireball: 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

See Also | actor | atomic explosion | ball | doer | globe | meteor | nuclear explosion | orb | self-starter | shooting star | worker

Fireball In Webster's Dictionary

\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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