Word of the day - metastasizing
Telegraph, 18 April 2006
Meanwhile Dan Gillerman, an Israeli Ambassador the UN, told a Security Council debate that Hamas leaders were inciting acts of terrorism.
A dark cloud is looming above our region, and it is metastasizing as a result of the statements and actions by leaders of Iran, Syria, and the newly elected government of the Palestinian Authority," Mr Gillerman said.
intr.v. me·tas·ta·sized, me·tas·ta·siz·ing, me·tas·ta·siz·es
- To be transmitted or transferred by metastasis.
- To be changed or transformed, especially dangerously: “a need for love that would metastasize into an insatiable craving for attention” (Michiko Kakutani).
- To spread, especially destructively: “ [disinformation]... that even now continues to metastasize... to such a degree that myth threatens to overthrow history” (Gore Vidal).
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