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
Both fireballs apparently have much in common.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Some of these chunks of stone just might give rise to associated fireballs and perhaps even meteorite falls.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Video taken from across the street shows a fireball erupt from the strip mall, sending debris flying as the front of the building and part of the roof blew out.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones on the ground in Costa Rica in the last 150 years.
—New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2025
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Some of these chunks of stone just might give rise to associated fireballs and perhaps even meteorite falls.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Video taken from across the street shows a fireball erupt from the strip mall, sending debris flying as the front of the building and part of the roof blew out.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones on the ground in Costa Rica in the last 150 years.
—New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fireball
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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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