fireball

noun

fire·ball | \ ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌbȯl

Definition of fireball

1 : a ball of fire also : something resembling such a ball the primordial fireball associated with the beginning of the universe — Scientific American

2 : a brilliant meteor that may trail bright sparks

3 : the highly luminous cloud of vapor and dust created by a nuclear explosion

4 : a highly energetic person

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The house erupted into a fireball. what this club needs is a fireball who will bring some sorely needed energy and enthusiasm

Recent Examples on the Web But the expanding fireball also accelerated cosmic rays—mostly nuclei of hydrogen and helium—to close to the speed of light. — Daniel Clery, Science | AAAS, 15 July 2021 Dashli Island’s fireball display is not typical of other mud volcanoes in the rest of the world and their daily routines. — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2021 After the initial fireball from the Big Bang faded into the CMB, but before the first stars started burning, there was a period when almost no light was being emitted in the universe. — Chris Wright, Wired, 15 June 2021 For a few days, the city was a raging fireball of finance, technology and joyful anarchy, of unfathomable wealth and desperate striving. — New York Times, 5 June 2021 The finale involves throwing fuel on the fire to create a giant fireball and boil-over. — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2021 At that instant a brilliant fireball meteor flashed across the constellation Hercules — intense blue-green, as bright as planet Venus, leaving a luminous trail. — Peter M. Leschak, Star Tribune, 15 May 2021 Workers had been carrying out experiments with safety systems that led to a chain reaction of explosions which sent a fireball upwards and through the roof leading to a partial meltdown of the reactor. — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 27 Apr. 2021 This led to a hot gas leak, which led to an explosive fireball. — Washington Post, 20 June 2021

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