as in pistol
a very energetic person
what this club needs is a fireball who will bring some sorely needed energy and enthusiasm
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Recent Examples of fireball
In new attacks across the Gulf, Saudi Arabia intercepted five missiles, Bahrain sounded a missile alert, and a fireball erupted over Dubai as an incoming missile was taken out by air defenses.
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Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
The data points to a genuine enhancement in the sporadic fireball background at the large-object end of the size distribution.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Missiles rained down on the USS Abraham Lincoln, blasting fighter jets into the sea, the vessel breaking apart in a dramatic fireball — shared millions of times before anyone thought to ask whether the carrier was still sailing.
—Hollie McKay, Deadline, 29 Mar. 2026
These little fireballs waste no time coming in to eat.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fireball
Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
The data points to a genuine enhancement in the sporadic fireball background at the large-object end of the size distribution.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Missiles rained down on the USS Abraham Lincoln, blasting fighter jets into the sea, the vessel breaking apart in a dramatic fireball — shared millions of times before anyone thought to ask whether the carrier was still sailing.
—Hollie McKay, Deadline, 29 Mar. 2026
These little fireballs waste no time coming in to eat.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fireball
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fireball
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On March 11, a San Francisco police violence reduction team raided his Albany apartment and found a Glock pistol with a fully automatic sear switch, according to police.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Zangara, who had purchased the pistol for $8 at a local pawnshop, mingled among a record crowd of 25,000 people who had come to catch a glimpse of the famed FDR.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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Article continues below Some scientists had wondered whether the sun's magnetic dynamo was situated in a narrow near-surface layer, or perhaps extends throughout the entire convective layer.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Gillis was omnipresent at her son’s Detroit events — a small dynamo of a woman who was always around for big moments at his Third Man Records complex and backstage at his shows, going back to his White Stripes days in the ’90s and ’00s.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Fireball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fireball. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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