fireball

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For example, if an opponent throws a fireball at you and you push MP + MK just as the fireball is about to connect your character will go into their focus attack animation, and they will temporarily lose life as the fireball is 'absorbed'.

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  1. noun A brilliantly burning sphere.
  2. noun A highly luminous, intensely hot spherical cloud of dust, gas, and vapor generated by a nuclear explosion.
  3. noun A meteor that is as bright or brighter than the brightest planets.
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  • Suddenly, almost as if the fireball were responding to his curse, the fireball slowed. —  Serpents's Silver
  • Notice on the photo that the center of the fireball is very bright Posts: 633 | From: USA | Registered: Sep 2000 IP: Logged mongo blongo Sr. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: Forum Pic and Vid Post!
  • He didn't answer, but watched, fascinated The object might be called a fireball, but it wasn't flame. —  152 - The Thing That Pursued
  • The arriving ship went up in a fireball, and the sound smote her. —  Alien Plot by Piers Anthony
  • For example, if an opponent throws a fireball at you and you push MP + MK just as the fireball is about to connect your character will go into their focus attack animation, and they will temporarily lose life as the fireball is 'absorbed'. —  Computer And Video Games
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