Spread and Wipe

Spread

Spread verb - To cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people.

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

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

Wipe verb - Rub with a circular motion.

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Spread and wipe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Spread" instead a verb "Wipe".

Nearby Words: wiped, wiper, wiping

good	good spread	good wipe
full	full spread	full wipe
standard	standard spread	standard wipe
single	single spread	single wipe
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, bad, horizontal, major, worldwide.

From Starship Troopers: "Either we spread and wipe out the Bugs, or they spread and wipe us out - because both races are tough and smart and want the same real estate."

Source: Species Loyalty
This advice is given to the player in Sunset Over Imdahl, then justified: your character unknowingly has The Plague, and the advice-giver wants you to spread it and wipe out your hometown.

Source: Talk to Everyone
The logic is that since the microbe has a completely alien biochemistry, nothing on Earth will be able to defend against it, and it will spread like wildfire and wipe out any life it comes across.

Source: No Biochemical Barriers

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