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
Witness accounts described powerful shockwaves and fireballs spreading across parts of the city shortly after the strike.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
The fireballs in the meteor shower are created by debris from Comet Thatcher, which takes about 415 years to orbit around the sun, according to NASA.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 31 Mar. 2026
The event with the most reports occurred on March 8, in which a slow, long-duration fireball over France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands garnered 3,229 reports, according to the AMS.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Iran kept up the pressure on its Gulf Arab neighbors, as Saudi Arabia intercepted five missiles targeting its oil-rich Eastern province, Bahrain sounded a missile alert, and a fireball erupted over Dubai as an incoming missile was taken out by defenses.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
The fireballs in the meteor shower are created by debris from Comet Thatcher, which takes about 415 years to orbit around the sun, according to NASA.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 31 Mar. 2026
The event with the most reports occurred on March 8, in which a slow, long-duration fireball over France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands garnered 3,229 reports, according to the AMS.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Iran kept up the pressure on its Gulf Arab neighbors, as Saudi Arabia intercepted five missiles targeting its oil-rich Eastern province, Bahrain sounded a missile alert, and a fireball erupted over Dubai as an incoming missile was taken out by defenses.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
Noun
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One day, a customer walked in with a pistol on his waist.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Apr. 2026
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Some of the girl’s recent public appearances included her driving a tank during army training supervised by her father and the pair firing pistols during a visit to a light munitions factory.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Article continues below Some scientists had wondered whether the sun's magnetic dynamo was situated in a narrow near-surface layer, or perhaps extends throughout the entire convective layer.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Gillis was omnipresent at her son’s Detroit events — a small dynamo of a woman who was always around for big moments at his Third Man Records complex and backstage at his shows, going back to his White Stripes days in the ’90s and ’00s.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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