fireball

fire·ball

 (fīr′bôl′)

n.

1. A brilliantly burning sphere.

2. A highly luminous, intensely hot spherical cloud of dust, gas, and vapor generated by a nuclear explosion.

3. See bolide.

4. See ball of fire.

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fireball

(ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl)

n

1. (Physical Geography) a ball-shaped discharge of lightning

2. (General Physics) the bright spherical region of hot ionized gas at the centre of a nuclear explosion

3. (Astronomy) astronomy another name for bolide

4. slang an energetic person

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fire•ball

(ˈfaɪ^ərˌbɔl)

n.

1. a ball of fire, as the sun or a large burst of flame.

2. a luminous meteor, sometimes exploding.

3. lightning having the appearance of a globe of fire.

4. the highly luminous central portion of a nuclear explosion.

5. a very energetic person.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

fire·ball

(fīr′bôl′)

A meteor that is as bright or brighter than the brightest planets.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

fireball

The luminous sphere of hot gases which forms a few millionths of a second after detonation of a nuclear weapon and immediately starts expanding and cooling.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fireball - an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding) bolide shooting star, meteor - a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
	2.	fireball - a highly energetic and indefatigable person ball of fire, human dynamo, powerhouse doer, actor, worker - a person who acts and gets things done; "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker" self-starter - an energetic person with unusual initiative
	3.	fireball - a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) globe, orb, ball - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"
	4.	fireball - the luminous center of a nuclear explosion atomic explosion, nuclear explosion - the explosion of an atomic bomb globe, orb, ball - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"

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Translations

bolideboule de feu

болид

fireball

[ˈfaɪəbɔːl] N → bola f de fuego

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fireball

[ˈfaɪə^rbɔːl] n → boule f de feufire blanket n → couverture f antifeu

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fireball

[ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl] n (Astron) → bolide m; (nuclear) → palla di fuoco; (lightning) → fulmine m globulare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995