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What does spread like wildfire mean?

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  1. (intransitive, simile) To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably.
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One of the major turning points in history was the invention of the printing press, which allowed books and knowledge to spread like wildfire.
Despite emergency control measures, the disease spread like wildfire and has quickly become Iraqís biggest outbreak in recent memory.
A coffee shop once had its online ad spread like wildfire by offering one free new beverage on a given day.
Rwandans were relieved and comforted by the guilty verdict, which spread like wildfire.
And to add to the bad times that Omar was going through a rumour had spread like wildfire that he was boycotting national team games.
News about the birth and survival of these quintuplets spread like wildfire and they became stars overnight.

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