Leak and Spread

Leak

Leak verb - Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure.

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Spread and leak are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spread" instead a verb "Leak".

Nearby Words: leakage, leaked, leaking, leaky, leaker

Spread verb - To become known.

Usage example: once news of the war's end had spread, spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere

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Leak and spread are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leak" instead a verb "Spread".

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

small	small leak	small spread
actual	actual leak	actual spread
real	real leak	real spread
massive	massive leak	massive spread
Other adjectives: large, big, huge, bad, false, white, new, major, sudden, viral.

fire	leak fire	spread fire
power	leak power	spread power
word	leak word	spread word
story	leak story	spread story
Other words: radiation, information, blood, magic, news, gas, version, points.

Portions of the uncensored cut very rarely leak onto the Internet but are immediately blocked before they can spread.

Source: Overshadowed by Controversy
A methylmercaptane leak in a factory in northern France resulted in the "gas" smell covering the land from Paris to southeast England, and gas engineers receiving numerous callouts until word of the true reason spread.

Source: The Coconut Effect

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