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meteorite

noun as in shooting star

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For example, a common type of meteorite has similar mineral content to Earth, but a lot less deuterium.

But how many of them remember the CNN host who asked whether the Russian meteorite had been caused by global warming?

You haven't forgotten how the natives of Giant Land feared the meteorite and insisted that we take it away.

His people think we are great magicians or else witch doctors, and Amo wrote begging us to take the meteorite from his land.

All of them appeared exhausted, but Tom's eyes expressed the greatest satisfaction when he saw the meteorite safely aboard.

Thus it was that the great meteorite reached the top long before Tom and the two natives did.

Ned Newton wired that the meteorite had been safely placed on a fast freight train.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to meteorite, such as: bolide, comet, falling star, fireball, and meteoroid.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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