n.
Pronunciation: - ˌ f ī (- ə )r
Function: noun
Date: 12th century
1 : a sweeping and destructive conflagration especially in a wilderness or a rural area
2 : GREEK FIRE
3 : a phosphorescent glow (as ignis fatuus or fox fire)
4 : a destructive leaf-spot disease of tobacco caused by several strains of a bacterium ( Pseudomonas syringae )
– like wildfire : very rapidly <the news spread like wildfire >