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wildfire

N ไฟป่า ที่ รุนแรง และ ลุกไหม้ เป็น บริเวณ กว้าง  fai-pa-ti-ruan-rang-lea-luk-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WILDFIRE

n.[wild and fire. ] 1. A composition of inflammable materials.
Brimstone, pitch, wildfire, burn easily, and are hard to quench.
2. A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin; a kind of erysipelas.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WILDFIRE

WILDFIRE Wild "fire, n.

 

1. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire. Brimstone, pitch, wildfire. .. burn cruelly, and hard to quench. Bacon.

 

2. (Med. ) (a ) An old name for erysipelas. (b ) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.

 

3. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wildfire

wild fire |ˈwīldˌfīr ˈwaɪl (d )ˌfaɪ (ə )r | noun 1 a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush. 2 historical a combustible liquid such as Greek fire that was readily ignited and difficult to extinguish, used esp. in warfare. 3 less common term for will-o'-the-wisp. PHRASES spread like wildfire spread with great speed: the news had spread like wildfire.

 

Oxford Dictionary

wildfire

wild |fire |ˈwʌɪl (d )fʌɪə | noun 1 a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush. 2 [ mass noun ] historical a combustible liquid such as Greek fire that was readily ignited and difficult to extinguish, used especially in warfare. 3 less common term for will-o'-the-wisp. PHRASES spread like wildfire spread with great speed: the news had spread like wildfire.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wildfire

w ld f re 名詞 U C 野火 .spr ad [go r und ] like w ldfire 知らせ うわさなどが 〉瞬く間に広まる, ぱっと広がる .