spread like wildfire
verb
Roget 194:
become larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
widen,
enlarge,
extend,
grow,
increase,
incrassate†,
swell,
gather;
fill out;
deploy,
take open order,
dilate,
stretch,
distend,
spread;
mantle,
wax;
grow up,
spring up;
bud,
bourgeon [Fr.],
shoot,
sprout,
germinate,
put forth,
vegetate,
pullulate,
open,
burst forth;
gain flesh,
gather flesh;
outgrow;
spread like wildfire,
overrun.
be larger than;
surpass
etc.
(be superior)
33.
render larger
etc.
(large)
etc.
192;
expand,
spread,
extend,
aggrandize,
distend,
develop,
amplify,
spread out,
widen,
magnify,
rarefy,
inflate,
puff,
blow up,
stuff,
pad,
cram;
exaggerate;
fatten.
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Roget 73:
disperse,
scatter,
sow,
broadcast,
disseminate,
diffuse,
shed,
spread,
bestrew,
overspread,
dispense,
disband,
disembody,
dismember,
distribute;
apportion
etc.
786;
blow off,
let out,
dispel,
cast forth,
draught off;
strew,
straw,
strow†;
ted;
spirtle†,
cast,
sprinkle;
issue,
deal out,
retail,
utter;
resperse†,
intersperse;
set abroach†,
circumfuse†.
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
scatter to the winds;
spread like wildfire,
disperse themselves.
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Roget 175:
have influence
etc.
n.;
be influential
etc.
adj.;
carry weight,
weigh,
tell;
have a hold upon,
magnetize,
bear upon,
gain a footing,
work upon;
take root,
take hold;
strike root in.
run through,
pervade;
prevail,
dominate,
predominate;
out weigh,
over weigh;
over-ride,
over-bear;
gain head;
rage;
be rife
etc.
adj.;
spread like wildfire;
have the upper hand,
get the upper hand,
gain the upper hand,
have full play,
get full play,
gain full play.
be recognized,
be listened to;
make one's voice heard,
gain a hearing;
play a part,
play a leading part,
play a leading part in;
take the lead,
pull the strings;
turn the scale,
throw one's weight into the scale;
set the fashion,
lead the dance.
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Roget 173:
be violent
etc.
adj.;
run high;
ferment,
effervesce;
romp,
rampage,
go on a rampage;
run wild,
run amuck,
run riot;
break the peace;
rush,
tear;
rush headlong,
rush foremost;
raise a storm,
make a riot;
rough house [Slang];
riot,
storm;
wreak,
bear down,
ride roughshod,
out Herod,
Herod;
spread like wildfire
(person).
[shout or act in anger at something],
explode,
make a row,
kick up a row;
boil,
boil over;
fume,
foam,
come on like a lion,
bluster,
rage,
roar,
fly off the handle,
go bananas,
go ape,
blow one's top,
blow one's cool,
flip one's lid,
hit the ceiling,
hit the roof;
fly into a rage
(anger)
900.
break out,
fly out,
burst out;
bounce,
explode,
go off,
displode†,
fly,
detonate,
thunder,
blow up,
crump†,
flash,
flare,
burst;
shock,
strain;
break open,
force open,
prize open.
render violent
etc.
adj.;
sharpen,
stir up,
quicken,
excite,
incite,
annoy,
urge,
lash,
stimulate,
turn on;
irritate,
inflame,
kindle,
suscitate†,
foment;
accelerate,
aggravate,
exasperate,
exacerbate,
convulse,
infuriate,
madden,
lash into fury;
fan the flame;
add fuel to the flame,
pour oil on the fire,
oleum addere camino [Lat.].
explode;
let fly,
fly off;
discharge,
detonate,
set off,
detonize†,
fulminate.
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Roget 531:
publish;
make public,
make known
etc.
(information)
527;
speak of,
talk of;
broach,
utter;
put forward;
circulate,
propagate,
promulgate;
spread,
spread abroad;
rumor,
diffuse,
disseminate,
evulugate;
put forth,
give forth,
send forth;
emit,
edit,
get out;
issue;
bring before the public,
lay before the public,
drag before the public;
give out,
give to the world;
put about,
bandy about,
hawk about,
buzz about,
whisper about,
bruit about,
blaze about;
drag into the open day;
voice.
proclaim,
herald,
blazon;
blaze abroad,
noise abroad;
sound a trumpet;
trumpet forth,
thunder forth;
give tongue;
announce with beat of drum,
announce with flourish of trumpets;
proclaim from the housetops,
proclaim at Charing Cross.
advertise,
placard;
post,
post up afficher†,
publish in the Gazette,
send round the crier.
raise a cry,
raise a hue and cry,
raise a report;
set news afloat.
be published
&c.;
be public,
become public
etc.
adj.;
come out;
go about,
fly about,
buzz about,
blow about;
get about,
get abroad,
get afloat,
get wind;
find vent;
see the light;
go forth,
take air,
acquire currency,
pass current;
go the rounds,
go the round of the newspapers,
go through the length and breadth of the land;
virum volitare per ora [Lat.];
pass from mouth to mouth;
spread;
run like wildfire,
spread like wildfire.
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