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wildfire

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A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire.

An old name for erysipelas.

A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.

A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When you are kind to someone, you hope they'll remember and be kind tosomeone else and it will become like wildfire. Whoopi Goldberg

It doesn't matter whether I'm judged criminal. I have a great feeling of guilt - I have a feeling that I ran after Hitler like a wildfire without reason. If I can sacrifice my life to make something good, I'd gladly do it. Hans Frank

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfire. People made a religion of them. Charles Darwin

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Malcolm Gladwell

I started stating that maybe I should run for governor. Well, it caught on like wildfire. I felt I'd boxed myself into a corner-if I didn't attempt to do this, I would lose my credibility. And in the world of talk radio, once that happens, you're finished. Jesse Ventura

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you. Thomas Watson

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