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Synonyms for fireballs


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fahyuh r-bawl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪərˌbɔl

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Définition of fireballs

Origin :
  • 1550s, from fire (n.) + ball (n.1).
  • As in shooting star : noun meteor
  • As in grenade : noun bomb
  • As in go-getter : noun eager beaver
  • As in dynamo : noun go-getter
  • As in eager beaver : noun industrious person
Example sentences :
  • The fireballs had been prepared in the cabin of the fishing boat.
  • Extract from : « No Surrender! » by G. A. Henty
  • The fireballs paused there for half a minute, and then vanished.
  • Extract from : « At the Point of the Bayonet » by G. A. Henty
  • It is a long bold step from fireballs to flying saucers, Jimmy.
  • Extract from : « The Mississippi Saucer » by Frank Belknap Long
  • When we have driven them out of the camp, those of you who have fireballs will set fire to their huts.
  • Extract from : « Samba » by Herbert Strang
  • There are also fireballs which shoot across the sky, leaving a train often visible for seconds and minutes.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 » by Various
  • The curious forms meant to indicate clouds are in blue, whilst the fireballs are in red.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Oriental China » by J. F. Blacker
  • They differ greatly in this respect from their large and noisy relatives, the meteorites, bolides and fireballs.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy for Young Folks » by Isabel Martin Lewis
  • Meteorites, bolides or fireballs, as they are variously called, are stones that fall to the earth from the heavens.
  • Extract from : « Astronomy for Young Folks » by Isabel Martin Lewis
  • A moment later half a dozen fireballs were flung into the column, and a rain of crossbow bolts followed.
  • Extract from : « Saint Bartholomew's Eve » by G. A. Henty
  • Yesterday morning however, at seven o'clock, two fireballs burst either on the steeple or close to it.
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
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