fireballed

Verb

fireball (third-person singular simple present fireballs, present participle fireballing, simple past and past participle fireballed)

1. (transitive) To attack (someone or something) with balls of fire.
2. (intransitive) To explode in a ball of fire or flame.
   • The car swerved off a road, hit a wall, and fireballed as the petrol tank exploded.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To emerge suddenly; to explode.
   • But the swoon was only brief. [Klay] Thompson scorched his way to 27 first-half points, the Warriors fireballed back into a 17-point lead and a statement half was sealed from the deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep left corner, early in the clock and without a dribble – vintage Klay, vintage Warriors.2019 March 9, Anthony Slater, “Five Observations from the Warriors’ 122–105 Win over the Nuggets”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, archived from the original on 13 Aug...
4. (intransitive) To pitch a baseball very fast.

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