bolide
Example Sentences
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The meteor - sometimes called a bolide for its particularly intense brightness - could be seen by much of southern Norway.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2022
The next city-threatening bolide could arrive at any time.
From Scientific American • Mar. 21, 2019
Still, with all this evidence, one large piece remained missing: the crater where the bolide impact.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Astrophysicists say it was a bolide, or a meteor that explodes in the air.
From Newsweek • Feb. 15, 2013
Few pilots have ever, or will ever, see a deluxe model bolide but when they do they'll never forget it.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
