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FIREBALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The luminous center of a nuclear explosion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("fireball" is a kind of...):
ball; globe; orb (an object with a spherical shape)
Holonyms ("fireball" is a part of...):
atomic explosion; nuclear explosion (the explosion of an atomic bomb)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("fireball" is a kind of...):
ball; globe; orb (an object with a spherical shape)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A highly energetic and indefatigable person
Synonyms:
ball of fire; fireball; human dynamo; powerhouse
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fireball" is a kind of...):
actor; doer; worker (a person who acts and gets things done)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fireball"):
self-starter (an energetic person with unusual initiative)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
Synonyms:
bolide; fireball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("fireball" is a kind of...):
meteor; shooting star (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)
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