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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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