wildfire (redirected from like wildfire)

wild·fire  (wldfr)

n.

1. A raging, rapidly spreading fire.

2. Something that acts very quickly and intensely: a land swept by the wildfire of revolution.

3. Lightning occurring without audible thunder.

4. A luminosity that appears over swamps or marshes at night; ignis fatuus.

5. A highly flammable material, such as Greek fire, once used in warfare.

Idiom:

like wildfire

Rapidly and intensely: The disease spread like wildfire.

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wildfire [ˈwaɪldˌfaɪə]

n

1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a highly flammable material, such as Greek fire, formerly used in warfare

2.

a.  a raging and uncontrollable fire

b.  anything that is disseminated quickly (esp in the phrase spread like wildfire)

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) lightning without audible thunder

4. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) another name for will-o'-the-wisp

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wildfire - a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration conflagration, inferno - a very intense and uncontrolled fire

Translations

wildfire [ˈwaɪldˌfaɪəʳ] N to spread like wildfire → correr como un reguero de pólvora

wildfire [ˈwaɪldfaɪə^r] n
to spread like wildfire → se répandre comme une traînée de poudre
wild flowers npl → fleurs fpl sauvages

wildfire [ˈwaɪldˌfaɪəʳ] n to spread like wildfire → diffondersi a macchia d'olio

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wildfire [ˈwaɪldˌfaɪəʳ] n to spread like wildfire → diffondersi a macchia d'olio