单词	like wildfire
释义	wildfire noun wild·​fire ˈwī(-ə)ld-ˌfī(-ə)r  1 : a sweeping and destructive conflagration especially in a wilderness or a rural area 2 : greek fire 3 : a phosphorescent glow (such as ignis fatuus or fox fire) 4 : a destructive leaf-spot disease of tobacco caused by several strains of a bacterium (Pseudomonas syringae) Phrases like wildfire : very rapidly the news spread like wildfire Example Sentences The recent wildfires were made worse by the strong winds. Recent Examples on the Web Oakridge area residents displaced from their homes by the raging Cedar Creek wildfire, which more than doubled over the weekend to 86,000 acres Sunday, braved the heat and smoke while watching and waiting for one thing — to go home. oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2022 The Fairview and Mill fires brought the year’s wildfire death toll to nine, including four killed in Northern California’s McKinney fire and one in Petaluma’s Roblar fire earlier this summer. Jason Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 The wildfire, which is now 96% contained, exploded to that size in less than 48 hours. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 Harrowing billboards depict California's drought, wildfire, housing crisis. Editors, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022 Major hurricanes pack more rain, while extremes of wildfire, drought and downpours are all happening more often and with more intensity due to climate change, causing loss of communities, homes and lives all over the world. CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022 And a wildfire in the Briarwood area of Rockport, which officials have said spanned 19 acres, was contained Thursday as well, Celino said, as was a 12-acre fire at the Georgetown-Rowley State Forest. Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 Officials have now positively identified the four people killed last month in the explosive McKinney Fire, the largest wildfire of this year, using DNA and dental analysis. Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Aug. 2022 Park officials had closed the Mariposa Grove, home to some 500 mature sequoias, for nearly a month because of the wildfire, which is now 100 percent contained. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing wildfire like wildfire spread like wildfire like wildfire spread like wildfire Kids Definition wildfire noun wild·​fire ˈwīld-ˌfīr  : an uncontrollable fire that destroys a wide area like wildfire phrase as in quickly with great speed Those rumors are spreading like wildfire. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance quickly soon quick rapidly fast swiftly hot full tilt hastily promptly immediately at full throttle swift at full tilt apace speedily presto like a shot briskly fleetly posthaste in short order pronto snappily like gangbusters hell-for-leather in a hurry chop-chop double-quick lickety-split abruptly readily suddenly by leaps and bounds a mile a minute rashly recklessly impulsively vigorously impetuously energetically Antonyms & Near Antonyms slowly slow deliberately sluggishly ploddingly leisurely laggardly belatedly delinquently tardily lingeringly See More
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