| Normally such riots on such an emotive issue would spread like wildfire across the country. |
| Despite emergency control measures, the disease spread like wildfire and has quickly become Iraqís biggest outbreak in recent memory. |
| Known as self-propagation, this is how viruses can spread like wildfire across the Internet and corporate networks. |
| Rwandans were relieved and comforted by the guilty verdict, which spread like wildfire. |
| As proposals for hazardous waste incinerators sprouted up throughout the country, The Rush to Burn spread like wildfire. |
| One of the major turning points in history was the invention of the printing press, which allowed books and knowledge to spread like wildfire. |
