Bolide
[BOH-lahyd]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, early 19th century
1.
A large meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.
Examples of Bolide in a sentence
"NASA is tracking a bolide that will be visible to stargazers."
"Stacey saw the footage of the bolide exploding in the sky."
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