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Fire or flame in the shape of a ball; esp. applied descriptively to luminous meteors and ball lightning. Also spec.: the fireball resulting from the…
A ball of fire or flame produced by an explosion; a fierce but localized conflagration; (in early use) spec. one resulting from a nuclear…