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fireball
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fireball
n.
ball of fire; something resembling a ball of fire (i.e. meteor); flaming center of a nuclear explosion; energetic person
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Fireball
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fireball
Noun
1. an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
(synonym) bolide
(hypernym) meteor, shooting star
2. a highly energetic and indefatigable person
(synonym) powerhouse, human dynamo, ball of fire
(hypernym) actor, doer, worker
(hyponym) self-starter
3. a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
(hypernym) ball, globe, orb
4. the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
(hypernym) ball, globe, orb
(part-holonym) nuclear explosion, atomic explosion
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fireball
Synonyms and related words:
Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, aerolite, alcohol, ball lightning, benzine, bolide, bolt, bolt of lightning, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, chain lightning, charcoal, chondrite, coal, coke, combustible, cosmic dust, dark lightning, dope, ethane, ethanol, firebolt, firing, flammable, flammable material, flying flame, forked lightning, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, fulguration, fulmination, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, levin bolt, lightning, meteor, meteor crater, meteor dust, meteor shower, meteor swarm, meteor trail, meteor train, meteoric shower, meteorite, meteoroid, meteorolite, methane, methanol, micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, natural gas, oak-cleaving thunderbolts, octane, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, propane, propellant, radiant, radiant point, rocket fuel, sheet lightning, shooting star, siderite, siderolite, stroke of lightning, tektite, thunderball, thunderbolt, thunderstroke, turf
Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, aerolite, alcohol, ball lightning, benzine, bolide, bolt, bolt of lightning, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, chain lightning, charcoal, chondrite, coal, coke, combustible, cosmic dust, dark lightning, dope, ethane, ethanol, firebolt, firing, flammable, flammable material, flying flame, forked lightning, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, fulguration, fulmination, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, levin bolt, lightning, meteor, meteor crater, meteor dust, meteor shower, meteor swarm, meteor trail, meteor train, meteoric shower, meteorite, meteoroid, meteorolite, methane, methanol, micrometeorite, micrometeoroid, natural gas, oak-cleaving thunderbolts, octane, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, propane, propellant, radiant, radiant point, rocket fuel, sheet lightning, shooting star, siderite, siderolite, stroke of lightning, tektite, thunderball, thunderbolt, thunderstroke, turf
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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FIREBALL
PALLA INFUOCATA. BOLIDE. METEORITE. FULMINE. PERSONA ENERGICA
