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wildfire

(waɪldfaɪəʳ)
Word forms: plural wildfires
1. countable noun
A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.
...a wildfire in Montana that's already burned thousands of acres of rich grassland.
2. 
See spread like wildfire

wildfire in British English

(ˈwaɪldˌfaɪə)
noun
1. 
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. 
lightning without audible thunder
4.  another name for will-o'-the-wisp

wildfire in American English

(ˈwaɪldˌfaɪr)
noun
1.  Obsolete
a. 
a highly destructive fire
b. 
a highly flammable substance; specif., Greek fire
2.  Rare
will-o'-the-wisp
3. 
a large, intense fire, usually in an uninhabited area, that is difficult to bring under control
Idioms:
spread like wildfire

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Examples of 'wildfire' in a sentence
wildfire

Yet times have changed and the dividend culture has caught on like wildfire across the globe.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The news of his arrest spread like wildfire through the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The cake won and the news spread like wildfire.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The messages spread like wildfire across the social media site.
The Sun (2013)
Speculation about the source of the story spread like wildfire around the industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Stories of dodgy matches spread like wildfire on a regular basis.
The Sun (2011)
It went around like wildfire and stopped a lot of people going out.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Staff at a production company filmed the pair and the footage spread like wildfire on the web.
The Sun (2009)
Panic spread like wildfire and the whole place was put into lockdown.
The Sun (2013)
News of his demise spread like wildfire and many an angler will have shed a tear.
The Sun (2010)
It was a trend that spread like wildfire.
The Sun (2014)
It had only recently come out and spread like wildfire round my school.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Gossip about the women has spread like wildfire through the force.
The Sun (2009)
The terrible news spread like wildfire.
The Sun (2008)
That story took off like wildfire.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Suspicion spreads like wildfire around a table the moment you announce that you won't be drinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And beware: the flowers might like your garden so much that they multiply like wildfire.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
THOUSANDS of families fled yesterday when a huge wildfire engulfed homes in the suburbs of Athens.
The Sun (2009)
Russia yesterday said wildfires and drought had wiped out a QUARTER of its wheat crop.
The Sun (2010)
Only a few weeks ago southern Australia was ravaged by heat, drought and wildfires.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The same day Deronda happened to see her losing like wildfire, and she bore it with immense pluck.
George Eliot Daniel Deronda (1876)
Together, the courageous team battles a massive wildfire and Dusty learns what it takes to become a true hero.
The Sun (2014)
A heatwave in southern Australia triggered wildfires that destroyed more than 100 homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
MORE than 2,000 firefighters were last night battling a massive wildfire roaring through northern California.
The Sun (2013)
A LUXURY home is reduced to a pile of ashes by a massive wildfire.
The Sun (2011)

In other languages
wildfire

British English: wildfire NOUN
A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.
...a wildfire that's already burned thousands of acres of rich grassland.
  • American English: wildfire
  • Brazilian Portuguese: queimada
  • Chinese: 野火
  • European Spanish: incendio forestal
  • French: feu de forêtN
  • German: Lauffeuer
  • Italian: incendio indomabile
  • Japanese: 山火事
  • Korean: 도깨비불
  • European Portuguese: queimada
  • Latin American Spanish: incendio espontáneo
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