as in pistol
a very energetic person
what this club needs is a fireball who will bring some sorely needed energy and enthusiasm
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Recent Examples of fireball
People saw a rocket launch and not a fireball, according to the AMS.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2025
Then, a fireball and a huge plume of smoke.
—September 19, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
There’s a suite of observations — led by the fluctuations in the primeval fireball — that teach us there was a different state prior to the early moments of the hot Big Bang.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
There are fireballs of zombies on the loose.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2025
Then, a fireball and a huge plume of smoke.
—September 19, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
There’s a suite of observations — led by the fluctuations in the primeval fireball — that teach us there was a different state prior to the early moments of the hot Big Bang.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
There are fireballs of zombies on the loose.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fireball
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
Noun
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Maltos got out of his car and pulled his weapon, a Sig Sauer 9mm automatic pistol at 29 feet from the truck's driver, according to the notice of claim.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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After being asked to leave, according to the plea agreement, Chokr drove to a gun store in Dearborn and possessed a pistol, rifle and semi-automatic shotgun, holding them and pointing them.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The new season of the UEFA Champions League gets underway on Tuesday as Dutch dynamo PSV Eindhoven hosts Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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In other words, the dynamo (the natural process through which the sun produces its magnetic field) that was thought to depend on the tachocline also appears to create and maintain it, a feedback loop that earlier models had missed.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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