Meaning of “wildfire” in the English Dictionary

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"wildfire" in British English

wildfirenoun [C]

uk /ˈwaɪld.faɪər/ us /-faɪr/

› a fire that is burning strongly and out of control on an area of grass or bushes in the countryside: Major wildfires have destroyed thousands of acres in Idaho.

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spread like wildfire

(Definition of wildfire from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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wildfirenoun [C]

us /ˈwɑɪld·fɑɪər/

› a powerful fire that burns out of control across a large area: Wildfires destroyed thousands of acres across Oregon.

(Definition of wildfire from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of “wildfire”
in Arabic	نار في فَلاة…
in Korean	도깨비불…
in Portuguese	incêndio florestal, fogaréu…
in Catalan	incendi…
in Japanese	野火…
in Chinese (Simplified)	野火…
in Chinese (Traditional)	野火…
in Italian	incendio…

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