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fireball

[fahyuhr-bawl] / ˈfaɪərˌbɔl /










NOUN
grenade
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To investigate these processes, the team used a plasma flow reactor designed to mimic part of the environment inside a nuclear fireball.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Footage from the scene shows a fireball at the refinery, with thick smoke billowing out across the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Victor Glover said re-entry was like riding a fireball through the atmosphere.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

"We've still got two more days, and riding a fireball through the atmosphere is profound as well."

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The program for Redwing included the first airborne drop of a thermonuclear device, which created an enormous fireball four miles in diameter when it detonated fifteen thousand feet over Bikini.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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