One student says the purge is still going on in China and terror is widespread.
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Widespread
/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/
Synonyms for "widespread" (216 found)
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Closest matches (44)
Adjective(14 words)
alloverbody-widebroadcatastrophic failurecommon animal speciescommon eventscommon natural phenomenoncommon rockcommon termcommon valuescommonestcommunity-widecomprehensivediffuse mass
Verb(3 words)
Noun(10 words)
blanketingbroadcastingcircular patterncommon anatomical featurecommon beliefcommon physics conceptscommon practicecommon traitcommonplacecommunity wide
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (64)
Verb(1 words)
discretedisperseddispreaddisseminateddissipateddistributedepidemicestablishedeverydayexpansiveextendedextendingextensivefamiliarfan shapedfan-shapefan-shapedfanlikefannedfanning
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far flungfar reachingfar-embracingfar-extendingfar-flungfar-flyingfar-goingfar-rangingfar-reachingflabelliformflaredflaringfullgeneralgenerally acceptedindiscriminateinfinitelarge scalelarge-scaleliberal
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(9 words)
epidemicmainstream lifemass coral bleachingmass in poundsmass riotmass-marketmore popular uprisingmost commonmushrooming
Adjective(11 words)
extensivefar-flunggeneral notiongeneralizedglobal phenomenongreat extentmass migrationmass unrestmultitudinousnationwide coveragenonlocal
Related words (108)
normalobtainingopenordinaryoutspreadoutstretchedpatulouspopularprescribedprescriptiveprevalentpublicrampantreceivedregnantregularregulationriferoomyruling
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scatteredsetspacioussparsesplaysplayedsplayingsporadicspraddledspraddlingsprangledspranglingsprawlingsprawlyspreadspreadingstandardstockstragglingstragglystretched outstretched-outstrewnstrownsweepingtime-honoredtraditionalunfoldedusualvastvoluminouswholesalewidewide openwide-extendedwide-extendingwide-openwide-rangingwide-reachingwide-stretchingwonted
Adjective(21 words)
omnipresentpervasivepopular goodspopular playthingpredominant influenceprevalentramifiedrifestschool-wide communitysystemic analysissystemic changesystemic corruptionsystemic diseasesystemic impactsystemic perspectivesystemic propertyuniversaluniversal languageuniversal setuniversal truth
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Noun(8 words)
overspreadingpandemicpúblico generalseed broadcastingsystem iconsystem-wide resultsystemic disorderthe most common
Adjective(10 words)
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4 entriesCollocations
6 entrieswidespread adoptionwidespread beliefwidespread corruptionwidespread diffusionwidespread media coveragewidespread use
Inflections
2 entriesmore widespreadmost widespread
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
18 total sentences available.
There was widespread panic after the earthquake.
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The earthquake caused widespread damage.
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The loss of childhood spontaneity has caused widespread concern, as well as calls for review of the nation's educational and social structures.
Source: tatoeba (51036)
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