Antonyms for fireball

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : fahyuh r-bawl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪərˌbɔl

Definition of fireball

Origin : 1550s, from fire (n.) + ball (n.1).

As in untiring : adj determined, persevering
As in zealous : adj enthusiastic
As in capable : adj able to perform
As in active : adj very involved in activity
As in competent : adj able
As in ambitious : adj desiring success
As in shooting star : noun meteor
As in grenade : noun bomb
As in go-getter : noun eager beaver
As in dynamo : noun go-getter
As in eager beaver : noun industrious person

Example sentences :

Put him in irons until we are ready to transfer to the Fireball.
Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett

A fireball, which is an unusually lurid type of shooting star.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster

Eventually the fireball made its exit from the room through a keyhole!
Extract from : « Thunder and Lightning » by Camille Flammarion

This probably refers to an unusually large “bolide” or “fireball.”
Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore

There's no concussion in vacuum, and the fireball won't reach here.
Extract from : « Industrial Revolution » by Poul William Anderson

It looked like an immense green spark a foot long, or like a fireball.
Extract from : « The Planet Savers » by Marion Zimmer Bradley

When he attempted to seize the fireball he burned his fingers, and dropped it.
Extract from : « National Epics » by Kate Milner Rabb

The Fireball, being much faster than the clumsy Brainchild, had left Earth later than the slower ship, and had arrived earlier.
Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett

The sound went back across the sky along the path the fireball had followed.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster

So after the wedding they started for home; and the farmer said to his son-in-law: "God speed you—yourself and your Fireball."
Extract from : « Poets and Dreamers » by Lady Augusta Gregory and Others

Synonyms for fireball

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