wildfire (redirected from spreads 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

Noun

spread like wildfire to spread very quickly or uncontrollably

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

wildfire [ˈwaɪldfaɪəʳ] n to spread like wildfire → correr como un reguero de pólvora

wildfire [ˈwaɪldfaɪəʳ] n to spread like wildfire → se répandre comme une traînée de poudre

wildfire [ˈwaɪldfaɪəʳ] wild n to spread like wildfire → sich wie ein Lauffeuer ausbreiten

wildfire [ˈwaɪldfaɪəʳ] n to spread like wildfire → propagarsi rapidamente