fireball

(fīr'bôl')

1. A brilliantly burning sphere.
2. A highly luminous, intensely hot spherical cloud of dust, gas, and vapor generated by a nuclear explosion.
3. A meteor that is as bright or brighter than the brightest planets.
4. See ball of fire.

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n. a ball of flame or fire. 2. an extremely hot, luminous ball of gas generated by a nuclear explosion.

3. a ball filled with combustibles or explosives, fired at an enemy or enemy fortifications.

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(DOD, NATO) The luminous sphere of hot gases which forms a few millionths of a second after detonation of a nuclear weapon and immediately starts expanding and cooling.

• Celestial Bodies - fireball: brilliant meteor that often trails bright sparks
• Bombs, Mines, and Explosives - fireball: grenade, bomb
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A fireball is a somewhat spherical mass of fire, such that is caused by an explosion or a firestorm.

It may also refer to:

Contents 1 Science and technology 2 Popular media 3 Music 4 Other uses 5 See also

Science and technology

• Ryan FR Fireball, an American aircraft
• Fireball (dinghy), a sailing boat
• McMaster Engineering Fireball, official symbol of the Faculty of Engineering McMaster University
• A type of meteoroid
• A quark–gluon plasma created in a particle accelerator
• Ball lightning
• A line of hard drives from Quantum Corp.

Popular media

• The Fireball, a film released in 1950
• Fireball (film), 2009 Thai martial arts action film directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan combines Muay Thai and basketball
• One of the "stalkers" from the film The Running Man
• Fireball (manga), an unfinished manga
• Fireball (anime), CGI anime shorts created by Toei Animation in conjunction with Disney
• Fireball (pinball), a pinball machine
• Fireball Island, a board game
• Fireball XL5, a British TV series
• Hadouken, also referred to as fireball, a ki-energy attack in the game Street Fighter
• Fireball (comic), the main character from the 70s Bullet comic
• Fireball (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional magic spell in Dungeons & Dragons
• Fireball (novel), a young adult novel and the first in a trilogy

Music

• Fireballs (band), an Australian Punkabilly band
• Fireball (album), a hard rock album by British band Deep Purple
• "Fireball" (song), a Deep Purple song from the album of the same name
• "Fireball" (Dev song), the debut single by American singer Dev
• "Fireball" (B'z song), a single by Japanese band B'z
• Fireball Zone, an album by Ric Ocasek
• The Fireballs, an American rock and roll band
• "Fireball", a song by Willow Smith featuring Nicki Minaj

Other uses

• Fireball (liqueur), a cinnamon flavoured whisky liqueur
• Fireball Foosball Table, a popular model of table football table.
• Ball of Fire (disambiguation)
• an incendiary device, a bomb designed to start a fire
• Daring Fireball, a tech punditry website written and maintained by John Gruber
• Fireball (wrestling), an illegal wrestling move
• Atomic Fireball, a hard cinnamon-flavored candy
• Fireball 500, a 1966 stock car racing film
• Nickname of NASCAR driver Edward G. Fireball Roberts, Jr.
• Fireball, the plant species Kochia scoparia

See also

• Remington XP-100

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ildkugle, krudttønde, dynamisk person

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuurbol, schitterende meteoor, wolk van nucleaire explosie, energetisch persoon, ronde lamp, ballon gevuld met brandstof

Français (French)
n. - boule de feu

Deutsch (German)
n. - Feuerkugel, Feuerball, Meteor, unermüdlicher Mensch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αστρον.) (αστρο)βολίδα, αερόλιθος

Italiano (Italian)
sfera di fuoco, palla infuocata, bolide, meteorite

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bola (f) de fogo

Русский (Russian)
болид, шаровая молния, зажигательное ядро

Español (Spanish)
n. - bola de fuego, bólido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - eldkula, slags äldre brandgranat, energiknippe (vard.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
火球, 太阳, 大流星

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 火球, 太陽, 大流星

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불덩어리, 번개, 태양, 속구

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 火の玉, 流星, 火球, 大流星

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كرة ناريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כדור-אש, שד משחת, מטיאור גדול‬

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