WILDFIRE

wildfire

(noun) a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

wildfire (countable and uncountable, plural wildfires)

A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area.

(historical) Greek fire, Byzantine fire.

A spreading disease of the skin, particularly erysipelas.

(figuratively) Something that acts quickly and uncontrollably.

Synonyms

• forest fire

Source: Wiktionary

Wild"fire, n.

1. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire. Brimstone, pitch, wildfire . . . burn cruelly, and hard to quench. Bacon.

2. (Med.) (a) An old name for erysipelas. (b) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.

3. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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