to spread widely; widespread, difficult to stop, rampant ☊ like: lan rộng → →
sich verbreiten ☊ 
lan rộng, mở rộng ☊ 
散布开来 ☊ sànbù kāi lái verbreiten ☊ lan rộng ☊ 散布 ☊ sàn bù ein Gerücht verbreiten ☊ danh tiếng lan rộng ☊ 散布谣言 ☊ sàn bù yáo yán sich verbreiten ☊ lan rộng, mở rộng ☊ ☊ verbreiten ☊ lan rộng ☊ ☊ ein Gerücht verbreiten ☊ danh tiếng lan rộng ☊ ☊ The central issue is that of widespread racism. ☊ central ☊
A conflict between the two countries could easily spread across the whole region. ☊ conflict ☊
criticism of sb/sth: There was widespread criticism of the government's handling of the disaster. ☊ criticism ☊
The disease is spreading at a rapid rate. ☊ rapid ☊
rumour (of sth): There are widespread rumours of job losses. ☊ rumour ☊
Water began to spread across the floor. ☊ spread ☊
Within weeks, his confidence had spread throughout the team. ☊ spread ☊
There's more room to spread out in first class. ☊ spread out, spread yourself out ☊
efforts to control urban sprawl (= the spread of city buildings into the countryside) ☊ urban ☊
Rain is spreading from the west. ☊ west ☊