fireball
fireball
Definition
fire·ball (-bôl′)
noun
- something resembling a ball of fire; specif.,
- a large, bright meteor
- ball lightning
- a high-temperature, luminous ball of gas which forms shortly after a nuclear explosion
- Historical a ball of explosive or combustible material thrown as a weapon in battle
- ☆ Informal a vigorous, energetic person
fireball
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- kill: Boo, unable to repel Goku's Genki Dama, is killed by the fireball.
Converse of object
- throw: He'd run around criminals, throw fireballs at them, surround them with wall of flame.
- shoot: The fourth mission has the player fight a number of enemies that spiral toward the player shooting fireballs.
- post: Classic Fleet Fireballs Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:57 pm Subject: Leaky tanks Thank you all for the advice.
- see: All of them had seen a green fireball, some of them had seen several.
- create: Whatever you do, NEVER throw water over a chip pan fire, as it will create a fireball.
- send: You can either swipe with your sword or send a lovely glowing fireball off toward the enemy.
Adjective modifier
- green: All of them had seen a green fireball, some of them had seen several.
- huge: Then there was a huge big orange fireball out the back of the second tower.
- bright: Also, bright fireballs are, with only rare exceptions, not typical of meteor streams.
- massive: She was thrown against the wall and a massive fireball swept through the building.
- human: Fireball man murder hunt Emma Gunby Liverpool Echo Thursday, July 17, 2003 A father-of-three died after being turned into a human fireball.
- large: There was a large fireball which rose into the sky.
Modifies a noun
- spell: I could only use the fireball spell, which I quickly ran out of.
- xl5: Fireball XL5 Who left Melrose Place to star as Charlotte York in Sex and the City?
- report: Their main interest was to review all incoming UFO reports and see if the green fireball reports were actually unique to the Albuquerque area.
Noun used with modifier
- collision: In addition, the STAR collaboration observed that the collision fireball expanded violently, at supersonic speeds.
- burning: One stormy evening, a burning fireball fell from the sky and crashed near the hut.
- orange: Then there was a huge big orange fireball out the back of the second tower.
- foot: So much so he created a 3 foot fireball.
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