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
Explosion fills night sky in Los Angeles Firefighters were battling a blaze at a Chevron refinery in Southern California late on Thursday, company and government officials said, after a massive fireball erupted at the facility.
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Vanessa Navarrete, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
As night falls, the fighting dies down… but then a fireball shoots over the village walls, followed by several more.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
The fuel and battery explosion caused the car to turn into a fireball.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Weaver looked to his left and saw a fireball coming at him.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Vanessa Navarrete, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
As night falls, the fighting dies down… but then a fireball shoots over the village walls, followed by several more.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
The fuel and battery explosion caused the car to turn into a fireball.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Weaver looked to his left and saw a fireball coming at him.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
Noun
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The driver’s side passenger then fires shots from a pistol at Bass-Moody, fatally striking her in the neck, according to police.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025
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The devices can enable pistols to fire at rates of up to 1,200 rounds per minute, according to gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Edison’s bulb was just one piece of a much more complicated system that included an efficient dynamo – the powerful machine that generated electricity – plus a network of underground wires and new types of lamps.—
Ernest Freeberg,
The Conversation,
29 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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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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