Fireball
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A fireball is a somewhat spherical mass of fire.
It may also refer to:
Science
- A quark–gluon plasma created in a particle accelerator or, more generally, the system formed in relativistic particle collisions
- Ball lightning
- Fireball, see Nuclear weapon yield
- Fireball (meteor), a brighter-than-usual meteor
- Bolide, an extremely bright meteor
Transportation
- Ryan FR Fireball, an American aircraft
- Fireball (dinghy), a sailing boat
- Buick V6 engine, originally marketed as Fireball
Entertainment
- The Fireball, a 1950 film starring Mickey Rooney and Pat O'Brien
- Fireball (film), a 2009 Thai martial arts action film directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan
- One of the "stalkers" from the film The Running Man
- Fireball (manga), an unfinished manga
- Fireball (anime), CGI anime shorts created by Wataru Arakawa & animated by Jinni's Animation Studios in conjunction with Disney
- Fireball XL5, a British TV series
- Fireball Hikari, a protagonist of Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs American animated TV series (1987-1988)
- Fireball (novel), a science fiction novel and the first in the Fireball trilogy by John Christopher
- Fireball (comic), the main character from the 70s Bullet comic
- Fireball, a member of the Crusaders (DC Comics) team of superheroes
- Fireball, a member of the Young Allies (DC Comics) team of superheroes
- Fireball, a member of the New Crusaders (Archie Comics) superhero team
- Fireball (pinball), a pinball machine
- Hadouken (Street Fighter), also referred to as fireball, a ki-energy attack in the game Street Fighter
- Fireball (Dungeons & Dragons), a fictional magic spell in Dungeons & Dragons
- Fire Ball, an amusement ride
Music
- Fireballs (band), an Australian Punkabilly band
- The Fireballs, an American rock and roll band
- Fireball (album), a hard rock album by British band Deep Purple
- "Fireball" (Deep Purple song), a Deep Purple song from the album of the same name
- "Fireball" (Dev song), the debut single by American singer Dev
- "Fireball" (B'z song), a single by Japanese band B'z
- "Fireball" (Pitbull song), 2014 song by Pitbull featuring John Ryan
- "Fireball", song by Willow Smith featuring Nicki Minaj
In sports
- Fireball (nickname), several people
- Fireball (wrestling), an illegal professional wrestling move
- Augusta FireBall, an American soccer team in 2005 and 2006
- Tucson Fireballs, an American United Soccer Leagues team from 1997 to 2001, originally the Los Angeles Fireballs
- Fireball (wrestler), a Mexican professional wrestler
Ammunition
- .221 Remington Fireball, a centerfire cartridge
- .17 Remington Fireball, based on the .221 Fireball
- .300 Whisper, sometimes known as the .300 Fireball
Other uses
- Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, a cinnamon flavoured Canadian whisky liqueur
- Fireball, the plant species Kochia scoparia
- 522d Special Operations Squadron, a US Air Force squadron nicknamed the Fireballs
- McMaster Engineering Fireball, official symbol of the Faculty of Engineering McMaster University
See also
- Ball of Fire (disambiguation)
- Fireball 500, a 1966 stock car racing film
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