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fireball

[fahyuhr-bawl] / ˈfaɪərˌbɔl /










NOUN
grenade
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“And as the plane decelerated, the fireball didn’t. And it rolled forward. It burned everybody,” the navigator on the flight, David Assard, told the Anchorage Daily News in 2015.

From Seattle Times

With the moon far from full that night, those with clear, dark skies have a shot at seeing fireballs streaking through the heavens.

From New York Times

“All of the lights in their helicopter went out. It was like they just poofed … and then we saw a huge glow like a fireball,” Tomaszewski said.

From Seattle Times

The Feb. 3 derailment, characterized by images of a fireball and billowing smoke rising over the community near the Pennsylvania border, has ignited calls for stricter regulation and increased fines for railroad safety breaches.

From Washington Post

On Friday, an Associated Press photographer captured the moment when a tank appeared to fire directly on an apartment building, enveloping one side in a billowing orange fireball.

From Seattle Times