fireball
pronunciation
How to pronounce fireball in British English:
UK [ˈfaɪəbɔ:l]
How to pronounce fireball in American English:
US [ˈfaɪərbɔl]
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- Noun:
- an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
Word Origin
- fireball (n.)
- also fire-ball, 1550s, from fire (n.) + ball (n.1).
Example
- 1. The atomic explosion is always accompanied by huge fireball .
- 2. There the fireball is much larger and expands much more rapidly .
- 3. Fireball hits jupiter , impact recorded .
- 4. It reveals the newborn universe to have been a remarkably uniform fireball .
- 5. Do not look at the flash or fireball - it can blind you .