Definition of "metastasized" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of metastasize. (verb)

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• "The word "metastasized" was the one in the report that first caught my eye, and ear."
• "His reputation "metastasized" (his word) when he took on AIG four years before the insurance giant was universally acknowledged as the Death Star at the center of the financial collapse."
• "It is tougher to get coverage if the cancer metastasized, meaning it spread to another part of the body, but a few carriers will still provide coverage if there's been no treatment in the past 10 years, he says."