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synonyms for bolide

  • comet
  • falling star
  • fireball
  • meteorite
  • meteoroid
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How to use bolide in a sentence

It said blandly that a bolide—a slow-moving, large meteoric object—had been observed by radar to be descending to earth.
OPERATION TERRORWILLIAM FITZGERALD JENKINS
A bolide had fallen into the Catanian sea—he took me to the port and showed me precisely where.
CASTELLINARIAHENRY FESTING JONES
They stopped arguing about last night's bolide to take ringside seats.
CREATURES OF THE ABYSSMURRAY LEINSTER
The argument on the path of last night's bolide and why it fell where it did is again in order.
CREATURES OF THE ABYSSMURRAY LEINSTER
It was the sound of the bolide's passage, arriving after the object itself had dived into the sea.
CREATURES OF THE ABYSSMURRAY LEINSTER
It is a simple bolide, but one of such enormous dimensions that the Earth's attraction has made it a satellite.
ALL AROUND THE MOONJULES VERNE
This was the precise moment at which the travellers would have landed had not that unlucky bolide drawn them off the track.
ALL AROUND THE MOONJULES VERNE
"Another bolide," answered Barbican, his eye as calm as ever, though a faint tremor was quite perceptible in his voice.
ALL AROUND THE MOONJULES VERNE
One or two that were missing had been probably struck and carried off by a fragment of the exploded bolide.
ALL AROUND THE MOONJULES VERNE
The bolide was not white-hot, then, as when it passed over Thrawn Island.
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WORDS RELATED TO BOLIDE

  • bolide
  • comet
  • falling star
  • fireball
  • meteorite
  • meteoroid
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.