No. 11,011 in Swedish
löpeld
"Löpeld" means "wildfire" or "something that spreads rapidly, like wildfire."
In a sentence
Nyheten om deras framgång spreds som en löpeld.
The news of their success spread like wildfire.
The word 'löpeld' is used metaphorically here to depict how quickly the news spread among people.
Elden på fältet spred sig som en löpeld genom landskapet.
The fire in the field spread like wildfire through the landscape.
In this sentence, 'löpeld' conveys the rapid and uncontrollable spread of the physical fire.
Ryktena om händelsen blev snabbt en löpeld på sociala medier.
Rumors about the event quickly became a wildfire on social media.
Here, 'löpeld' is employed metaphorically to describe the fast dissemination of rumors online.
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