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
When any petroleum tanker crashes and becomes a fireball, the industry takes a hit to its image.
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Dean Narciso, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
In Grand Prairie in 2020, a natural gas leak ignited under a roadway, resulting in a fireball and forcing nearby evacuations.
—Lexi Salazar, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
If the object is larger, like a boulder, and brighter, it’s called a bolide or a fireball.
—Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The images that followed showed a fireball and smoke rising from the building after it was hit.
—Will Clark, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
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Dean Narciso, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
In Grand Prairie in 2020, a natural gas leak ignited under a roadway, resulting in a fireball and forcing nearby evacuations.
—Lexi Salazar, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
If the object is larger, like a boulder, and brighter, it’s called a bolide or a fireball.
—Patrick M. Shober, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
The images that followed showed a fireball and smoke rising from the building after it was hit.
—Will Clark, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
Noun
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During raids in Czechia and Austria, police seized some weapons, such as knives, machetes, axes and gas pistols.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cole Tomas Allen, who authorities say rushed a banquet room at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night, had legally bought a 12-gauge shotgun at the Turner’s location in his hometown of Torrance, as well as a semiautomatic pistol at CAP Tactical Firearms in neighboring Lawndale.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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His many credits include performances with the New York Philharmonic, pioneering minimalist composer Philip Glass, genre-blurring singer Cecile McLorin Salvant, drum dynamo Tyshawn Sorey and such past and present jazz sax powerhouses as Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath and Branford Marsalis.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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Could a contender slotted to pick in the teens (or even early 20s) be interested in trading up for Notre Dame running back dynamo Jeremiyah Love?—
Nick Baumgardner,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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