wildfire

wildfire
wildfire O.E., from WILD (Cf. wild) (adj.) + FIRE (Cf. fire) (n.). Originally in ref. to spreading skin diseases; meaning "destructive fire" is attested from early 12c.; figurative sense is recorded from c.1300.

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