FIREBALL
\fˈa͡ɪ͡əbɔːl], \fˈaɪəbɔːl], \f_ˈaɪə_b_ɔː_l]\
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a highly energetic and indefatigable person
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a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
By Princeton University
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a highly energetic and indefatigable person
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a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen.
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A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.
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Ball, or globular, lightning.
By Oddity Software
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A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen.
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A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.
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Ball, or globular, lightning.
By Noah Webster.
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A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion, or to set fire to their works in order that by the light movements may be seen. Also a popular name applied to a certain class of meteors which exhibit themselves as globular masses of light, moving with great velocity, and not unfrequently passing unbroken across the sky until lost in the horizon. They differ from ordinary meteors, probably, more in volume and brilliancy than in any other distinctive characteristic. They are not to be confounded with another class of meteors that explode in their passage, and appear to let fall a dull red body (meteorolite) to the earth.
By Daniel Lyons
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