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A very bright meteor, often associated with an explosive breakup in the atmosphere.
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- bright bolide
- bolide flash
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A bolide flashed above the colony before the sound reached the domes.
The cameras followed the bright bolide until it fragmented.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular bolide; plural bolides. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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