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spread
noun as in expansion, development; extent
Strongest matches
advance, advancement, dissemination, escalation, increase, spreading, transmission
Strong matches
compass, diffusion, dispersion, enlargement, expanse, extension, period, profusion, proliferation, radiation, ramification, range, reach, scope, span, stretch, suffusion, sweep, term, transfusion
verb as in open or fan out
Strongest matches
circulate, cover, develop, disperse, escalate, expand, extend, flow, increase, lay, multiply, proliferate, reach, set, spray, stretch
Strong matches
arrange, array, bloat, broaden, cast, coat, daub, diffuse, dilate, diverge, enlarge, flatten, gloss, lengthen, lie, mushroom, open, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, radiate, settle, smear, sprawl, strew, suffuse, swell, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unroll, untwist, unwind, widen
Weak matches
be displayed, be distributed, branch off, even out, outstretch, roll out
Example Sentences
“Last spring, as conflict spread at universities across the country, we saw the limits of our traditional approach,” Drake said.
A woman whose cancer has spread to her bones, back, pelvis and neck but has been denied a life-extending drug because she lives in Wales says she "wants a chance to live".
The following month, she said it was an "undeniable fact" that there were US-funded biolabs in Ukraine that could "release and spread deadly pathogens" as she called for a ceasefire.
The sympathizers, who are to all appearances still innocuous fellow-citizens in a nontotalitarian society, can hardly be called single-minded fanatics; through them, the movements make their fantastic lies more generally acceptable, can spread their propaganda in milder, more respectable forms, until the whole atmosphere is poisoned with totalitarian elements which are hardly recognizable as such but appear to be normal political reactions or opinions.
How can you protect yourself and interrupt the spread?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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