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
Major Boggs's bolide answer had gone the way of his Venus explanation.
From The Flying Saucers are Real by Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
