WILDFIRE Synonyms

• a strong flame that burns brightly

• a cause of difficulty and suffering

• noisy and unrestrained mischief

• a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

• a light-colored marking

• shine brightly and intensively

• shoot rapidly and repeatedly

• burn brightly and intensely

• move rapidly and as if blazing

• indicate by marking trees with blazes

• a very intense and uncontrolled fire

• a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area

• an outburst of controversy

• an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)

• the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945

• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

• any place of pain and turmoil

• a very intense and uncontrolled fire

• An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• shine with a sudden light

• be in flames or aflame

• criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium