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fireball

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/ˈfaɪə(ɹ)bɔːl/ English

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noun

  1. A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion.
  2. A meteor bright enough to cast shadows.
  3. A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
  4. A charge made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, with four sets of flames, at the top, bottom and on either side.

verb

  1. To explode in a ball of flame.“The car swerved off a road, hit a wall, and fireballed as the petrol tank exploded.”
  2. To pitch the ball very fast.
  3. To attack with balls of fire.

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