bolide

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Estimates suggest that this bolide was 10 to 15 kilometers in diameter, making it one of the largest extraterrestrial bolides known to have struck Earth.

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  • They had to plant the explosives, retreat to a safe distance, and fire them before the bolide careened back out into space on its wild path. —  The Dig
  • A couple of times the meteors ended their flight in a bright explosion known as a bolide. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 01 - July 2001
  • Estimates suggest that this bolide was 10 to 15 kilometers in diameter, making it one of the largest extraterrestrial bolides known to have struck Earth. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
  • "There's a very good chance it was what we call a bolide, which is a meteorite crossing the sky at extremely quick velocity -- very, very fast -- and as it hits the atmosphere at about —  CTV News RSS Feed
  • "Not so very different from your usual bolide." —  The Dig
 

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  1. French, from Latin bolis, bolid-, kind of meteor, from Greek, missile, flash (of lightning), from ballein, to throw; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from Latin bolis (bolid-), a fiery meteor, from Greek βολίς (βολιδ-), a missile, dart, from βάλλειν, throw.
 

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/ˈboʊlɪd/
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