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1. n. a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode Source: wordnet

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meteoroid atmosphere causes explode friction hits light melt night results streak vaporize

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