Fireball
noun
A bright, flying sphere that looks like a ball of fire, especially one created by a powerful explosion or by a very fast, burning object moving through the sky.
The meteor shower filled the sky with brilliant fireballs.
Often appears as...
- meteoric fireball
- explosion fireball
noun
A searing hot liquid or substance, generally thrown or launched as a weapon.
During the medieval battle, they used a catapult to throw fireballs over the castle walls.
Often appears as...
- throw fireballs
- launch fireballs
Usage tips
Historical
noun
An intense, highly energetic person who is full of life and vigor.
Despite his age, he's a complete fireball on the dance floor.
Often appears as...
- fireball on the dance floor
- energetic fireball
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A variety of sweet, cinnamon-flavored liquor.
She ordered a shot of Fireball whisky at the bar.
Often appears as...
- shot of fireball
- fireball whisky
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A bright, flying sphere that looks like a ball of fire, especially one created by a powerful explosion or by a very fast, burning object moving through the sky.
The meteor shower filled the sky with brilliant fireballs.
Often appears as...
- meteoric fireball
- explosion fireball
noun
A searing hot liquid or substance, generally thrown or launched as a weapon.
During the medieval battle, they used a catapult to throw fireballs over the castle walls.
Often appears as...
- throw fireballs
- launch fireballs
Usage tips
Historical
noun
An intense, highly energetic person who is full of life and vigor.
Despite his age, he's a complete fireball on the dance floor.
Often appears as...
- fireball on the dance floor
- energetic fireball
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A variety of sweet, cinnamon-flavored liquor.
She ordered a shot of Fireball whisky at the bar.
Often appears as...
- shot of fireball
- fireball whisky
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Explosive Imagery
Fireball in this context often relates to large-scale events or objects with dramatic visual impact.
The demolition created a fireball that could be seen for miles.
Pro Tip 2/3Astronomical Events
Used to describe meteors or similar celestial phenomena that are bright and fast-moving.
Last night, a fireball lit the sky, outshining the stars.
Pro Tip 3/3Sudden Appearance
Indicates something appearing suddenly and unexpectedly, often startling observers.
A fireball suddenly erupted from the laboratory accident.
Pro Tip 1/3Explosive Imagery
Fireball in this context often relates to large-scale events or objects with dramatic visual impact.
The demolition created a fireball that could be seen for miles.
Pro Tip 2/3Astronomical Events
Used to describe meteors or similar celestial phenomena that are bright and fast-moving.
Last night, a fireball lit the sky, outshining the stars.
Pro Tip 3/3Sudden Appearance
Indicates something appearing suddenly and unexpectedly, often startling observers.
A fireball suddenly erupted from the laboratory accident.
Pro Tip 1/3Explosive Imagery
Fireball in this context often relates to large-scale events or objects with dramatic visual impact.
The demolition created a fireball that could be seen for miles.
Pro Tip 2/3Astronomical Events
Used to describe meteors or similar celestial phenomena that are bright and fast-moving.
Last night, a fireball lit the sky, outshining the stars.
Pro Tip 3/3Sudden Appearance
Indicates something appearing suddenly and unexpectedly, often startling observers.
A fireball suddenly erupted from the laboratory accident.
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Who Killed the Woolly...
that doesn't leave an obvious crater his first shot simulates an air burst where moments before impact the comet or asteroid starts breaking up and exploding into multiple fireballs as it burns through the atmosphere see now you can see this coming down small fragments
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Earth's First Rocks PIPE...
history for geologists has always been that you have a nightmare scenario where you don't have any rocks or minerals to investigate it's thought early Earth is a fireball of molten rock but with no evidence from this time it's just a
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Tim Cope: On the Trail...
o'clock each morning that involved a total rethink of my routine it involved saddling the horses up after sunset and trying to ride through the night until dawn before the straight big fireball would reemerge he took about 14 months
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Risky Landing PIPE Alaska...
dirt strips I don't want to come into one of these runways and have a bad day and end up off the runway upside down and stuff have all this jet fuel on me we would turn into a fireball and that isn't where we want to be at
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Can you survive nuclear...
Finding shelter is especially important if the fireball occurs close to the earth, as it will pull thousands of tons of dirt and debris several kilometers into the atmosphere. As the fireball cools,
Video examples
How AI can save our...
jumping out like fireballs, melting away my ambition. But more importantly, it helped me reexamine my life. Knowing that I may only have a few months to live caused me to see how foolish it was
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Pulsar Planets PIPE...
fireball known as a supernova unleashes as much energy in one minute as our Sun generates in its lifetime when a star goes supernova the shock wave is so immense it's hard to imagine any planet
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Hurtling to Earth PIPE...
about the origins of our world but the camera data is only the first piece of the puzzle in detecting the meteorites location when the fireball arrives the for
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How NASA's Next Mars...
a ball of fire pierces the atmosphere of Mars plummeting towards the surface at 13,000 200 miles per hour this fireball across the horizon marks the end of a
Video examples
What Really Killed The...
have created a fireball equivalent to 10 billion Hiroshima bombs the shockwave alone would have destroyed all life for hundreds of miles around
Video examples
Who Killed the Woolly...
that doesn't leave an obvious crater his first shot simulates an air burst where moments before impact the comet or asteroid starts breaking up and exploding into multiple fireballs as it burns through the atmosphere see now you can see this coming down small fragments
Video examples
Earth's First Rocks PIPE...
history for geologists has always been that you have a nightmare scenario where you don't have any rocks or minerals to investigate it's thought early Earth is a fireball of molten rock but with no evidence from this time it's just a
Video examples
Tim Cope: On the Trail...
o'clock each morning that involved a total rethink of my routine it involved saddling the horses up after sunset and trying to ride through the night until dawn before the straight big fireball would reemerge he took about 14 months
Video examples
Risky Landing PIPE Alaska...
dirt strips I don't want to come into one of these runways and have a bad day and end up off the runway upside down and stuff have all this jet fuel on me we would turn into a fireball and that isn't where we want to be at
Video examples
Can you survive nuclear...
Finding shelter is especially important if the fireball occurs close to the earth, as it will pull thousands of tons of dirt and debris several kilometers into the atmosphere. As the fireball cools,
Video examples
How AI can save our...
jumping out like fireballs, melting away my ambition. But more importantly, it helped me reexamine my life. Knowing that I may only have a few months to live caused me to see how foolish it was
Video examples
Pulsar Planets PIPE...
fireball known as a supernova unleashes as much energy in one minute as our Sun generates in its lifetime when a star goes supernova the shock wave is so immense it's hard to imagine any planet
Video examples
Hurtling to Earth PIPE...
about the origins of our world but the camera data is only the first piece of the puzzle in detecting the meteorites location when the fireball arrives the for
Video examples
How NASA's Next Mars...
a ball of fire pierces the atmosphere of Mars plummeting towards the surface at 13,000 200 miles per hour this fireball across the horizon marks the end of a
Video examples
What Really Killed The...
have created a fireball equivalent to 10 billion Hiroshima bombs the shockwave alone would have destroyed all life for hundreds of miles around
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Quote examples
Brian Greene
American Physicist
String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars; from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the majestic swirl of heavenly galaxies - are reflections of one, grand physical principle, one master equation.
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Marc Laidlaw
American Writer
Dragon Age' needs to have big story moments. It is a game about character first, and the party is an absolutely central part of that. I want to keep pursuing interactivity with the world: taking crowds to the next level or having things catch fire because you indiscriminately cast a fireball into a wheat field.
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Alan Guth
American Physicist
Relativity can, for instance, explain that the universe had once been clumped into a dense fireball. But it can never explain how matter actually behaved.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars; from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the majestic swirl of heavenly galaxies - are reflections of one, grand physical principle, one master equation.
Quote examples
Marc Laidlaw
American Writer
Dragon Age' needs to have big story moments. It is a game about character first, and the party is an absolutely central part of that. I want to keep pursuing interactivity with the world: taking crowds to the next level or having things catch fire because you indiscriminately cast a fireball into a wheat field.
Quote examples
Alan Guth
American Physicist
Relativity can, for instance, explain that the universe had once been clumped into a dense fireball. But it can never explain how matter actually behaved.
Example 1 of 3
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