EARTH SCIENCE
NATURAL HAZARDS
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Question
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When something “spreads like wildfire, “ that means:
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It’s very destructive
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It spreads quickly
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It’s extremely hot
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It’s unpredictable
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -If disease or news spreads like wildfire, it quickly affects or becomes known by more and more people: Once one child in the school has the infection, it spreads like wildfire.
Detailed explanation-2: -conflagration Add to list Share.
Detailed explanation-3: -(intransitive, simile) To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rate of Spread (ROS) A fire behavior term used to express relative horizontal growth of a wildland fire. Expressed in total perimeter growth in chains per hour. One chain equals 66 feet.
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