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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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The giant number spread like wildfire across the investment world—and not in a good way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

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 Dubai chewy cookie has been selling like wildfire - and even restaurants that don't usually offer baked goods are trying to get a nibble of the market.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Hundreds of people showed up, and videos of people of all ages turning up in the popular supermarket spread like wildfire.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

The story of the boggart assuming Snape’s shape, and the way that Neville had dressed it in his grandmother’s clothes, had traveled through the school like wildfire.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

like wildfire

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