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like wildfire

ADVERB

fast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

quick quickly rapidly soon swift swiftly

WEAK

apace chop-chop expeditiously flat-out fleetly full tilt hastily hurriedly in a flash in haste in nothing flat in short order like a flash like a shot like greased lightning posthaste presto promptly pronto

Antonyms

STRONGEST

slowly

WEAK

slow

ADVERB

on the double

Synonyms

WEAK

chop-chop double-time expeditiously fast flat-out fleetly full tilt hastily hurried hurriedly in a flash in double time in haste in high gear lickety-split like a shot like greased lightning promptly pronto quick quickly rapidly snappily speedily swift swiftly

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Surveying the wreckage of a week of AI disruption Hartnett observes it’s spreading like wildfire: insurance brokers Monday, wealth advisors Tuesday, real-estate services Wednesday and logistics Thursday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

The trend spread like wildfire and today, restaurants across the world are serving experimental naans stuffed and sprinkled with a variety of food items.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Cryptocurrencies spread through the military like wildfire in the early 2020s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

It spread like wildfire on TikTok and Instagram, spawning its own hand gestures, and became so ubiquitous -- and annoying -- that it was reportedly banned in some US schools.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

After Hemme dismissed his class, news of what I had done spread through the University like wildfire.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

like wildfire

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