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
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin was conducting a hot-fire test of its massive New Glenn rocket on Thursday at a Space Force launch facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida, when the rocket erupted into a fireball.
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 June 2026
The event caused a sonic boom and visible fireball in the sky across the a large swath of the Northeast United States and into Canada.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Video released by the military on social media shows a small vessel floating in the ocean before it’s hit and engulfed in a fireball.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
An ultra realistic model of a dragon is perched on its roof and spews out fireballs thanks to flamethrowers hidden in its jaws.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
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Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 June 2026
The event caused a sonic boom and visible fireball in the sky across the a large swath of the Northeast United States and into Canada.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
Video released by the military on social media shows a small vessel floating in the ocean before it’s hit and engulfed in a fireball.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
An ultra realistic model of a dragon is perched on its roof and spews out fireballs thanks to flamethrowers hidden in its jaws.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
Noun
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According to court records, multiple semi-automatic pistol shell casings were found at the scene.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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Police sources said the victim had confronted the gunman about speaking too loudly on a phone, when the male teen pulled a pistol and shot him.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The new study instead suggests the dynamo may come from continuous core growth itself.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 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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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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