quickfire

Fire that spreads quickly through dry vegetation.

Adjective

  1. Alternative form of quick-fire.
    • Brawn believes his driver’s past setbacks may be a firmer preparation for a championship bid than, say, the quickfire success earned by Hamilton, who has turned sullen in his public appearances and blamed his troubles...

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Noun

  1. Fire that spreads quickly through dry vegetation.
    • If his revelation had started as a slow burn, his fame now exploded and spread like quickfire. - 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 363: