Malicious gossip spreads like wildfire. I guess that's why they say bad news travels fast.
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Wildfire
//ˈwaɪldˌfaɪɚ//
Synonyms for "wildfire" (17 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (8)
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Translations
55 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حَرِيق هَائِل noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Bashkir
1 entries- үрт noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Bengali
1 entries- দাবানল noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Bulgarian
1 entries- горски пожар noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Catalan
1 entries- incendi forestal noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏕᎦᎵᎬ noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 山火 noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- 林火 noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- 森林大火 noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- 森林火災 /森林火灾 noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Esperanto
1 entries- arbara incendio noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Finnish
4 entries- kulovalkea noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- kulovalkea noun (something that acts quickly and uncontrollably)
- maastopalo noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- ruusu noun (spreading disease of the skin)
French
3 entries- FdF noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- feu de forêt noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- incendie de forêt noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Galician
1 entries- incendio forestal noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Georgian
1 entries- ტყის ხანძარი noun (rapidly spreading fire)
German
2 entries- Lauffeuer noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- Waldbrand noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Hungarian
1 entries- futótűz noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Italian
1 entries- incendio boschivo noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Japanese
3 entries- 山林火災 noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- 山火事 noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- 森林火災 noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Korean
1 entries- 산불 noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Malayalam
1 entries- കാട്ടുതീ noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Marathi
1 entries- वणवा noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Middle English
2 entries- wilde fyr noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- wilde fyr noun (spreading disease of the skin)
Old English
1 entries- wilde fȳr noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Persian
1 entries- آتشسوزی noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Polish
3 entries- niekontrolowany ogień noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- ogień noun (something that acts quickly and uncontrollably)
- potówki głębokie noun (spreading disease of the skin)
Portuguese
1 entries- incêndio florestal noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜੰਗਲੀ ਅੱਗ noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Romanian
1 entries- incendiu de pădure noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Russian
2 entries- лесно́й пожа́р noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- пожа́р noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Spanish
3 entries- fuego incontrolado noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- incendio forestal noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- incendio salvaje noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Swedish
1 entries- löpeld noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Tamil
2 entries- காட்டுத்தீ noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- காட்டுத்தீ noun (something that acts quickly and uncontrollably)
Telugu
1 entries- దావాగ్ని noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Tetum
1 entries- inséndiu noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chất cháy noun (rapidly spreading fire)
Welsh
3 entries- clefyd tân gwyllt noun (spreading disease of the skin)
- tanau gwyllt noun (rapidly spreading fire)
- tân gwyllt noun (something that acts quickly and uncontrollably)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The news spread like wildfire.
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The video spread like wildfire over the Internet.
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The rumour spread through the town like wildfire.
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