metastasize (redirected from Metastasised)

me·tas·ta·size  (m-tst-sz)

intr.v. me·tas·ta·sized, me·tas·ta·siz·ing, me·tas·ta·siz·es

1. To be transmitted or transferred by metastasis.

2. To be changed or transformed, especially dangerously: "a need for love that would metastasize into an insatiable craving for attention" Michiko Kakutani.

3. To spread, especially destructively: "[disinformation] ... that even now continues to metastasize ... to such a degree that myth threatens to overthrow history" Gore Vidal.

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Verb

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metastasize - spread throughout the body; "the cancer had metastasized and the patient could not be saved" metastasise spread, distribute - distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their language all over the country"