Reference meaning
fireball
Last updated
an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
Related source terms
bolide
Other meanings
2. noun
a highly energetic and indefatigable person
3. noun
a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
4. noun
the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
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