fireballs

Bright streaking meteors

Fireballs are intensely bright meteors that blaze across the sky, brighter than any planet.

The term also applies to any ball-shaped mass of fire or flame, whether a burst from an explosion, a magical attack in video games, or the glowing sphere of a nuclear detonation.

Someone described as a fireball is energetic and intense: She's a real fireball on the basketball court.

astronomical

meteors

Luminous atmospheric debris

meteor shower · streaking · cosmic debris · Perseids · airburst · ablation

pyrotechnic

fireworks

Explosive light displays

explosion · sparks · display · pyrotechnics · Fourth of July · Diwali · celebration · launch · fuse · colorful

magical

spell

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conjure · incantation · Dungeons & Dragons · fantasy · RPG · casting · projectile · combustion · elemental · arcane

athletic

fastball

Maximum-speed baseball throw

goal · unstoppable · scorcher · thunderbolt · screamer

cocktail

shooter

One who fires weapons

spicy · hot · party · liquor · mixed drink · chaser

Categories
Opposites
elemental composition

fireballsiceballs

Frozen water spheres

snowballs · hailstones · ice pellets · water droplets · ashes

intensity/brightness (meteoric)

fireballsmicrometeorites

Microscopic extraterrestrial particles

space dust · cosmic dust · dark matter · shooting stars

temperature/thermal state

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Theoretical minimum temperature

Family

fireball, fireballer, fireballing, fireballers

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G