proliferates
Increases in number
Proliferates means multiplies or spreads rapidly.
Cells proliferate when they divide quickly; rumors proliferate when they spread unchecked.
The word suggests uncontrolled or abundant increase: Misinformation proliferates on social media.
Nuclear proliferation refers to the spread of atomic weapons to additional nations or groups.
Creates copies or offspring
- multipliesPerforms times operations
- breedsCultivated animal varieties
- spawnsProduces young, especially aquatically
- replicatesCopies precisely
divides · germinates · sprouts · buds · blooms · flourishes · thrives · burgeons
Abounds in quantity
- aboundsExists in plenty
- overflowsExceeds capacity and spills
- swarmsGathers in vast numbers
- throngsLarge, dense crowds
floods · inundates · overwhelms · saturates · brimming · rife · rampant · unchecked
Performs times operations
- escalatesIncreases in intensity
- surgesAbrupt powerful rises
- swellsEnlarges or billows
- balloonsAir-filled rubber sacs
snowballs · mushrooms · skyrockets · accelerates · amplifies · intensifies · compounds · accumulates
Distributes over area
- disseminatesDistributes information broadly
- dispersesSpreads widely apart
- diffusesSpreads in all directions
- permeatesPasses through entirely
radiates · expands · extends · scatters · circulates · metastasizes · infiltrates · pervades
reproduces
Creates copies or offspring
- multipliesPerforms times operations
- breedsCultivated animal varieties
- spawnsProduces young, especially aquatically
replicates · divides · germinates · sprouts · buds · blooms · flourishes · thrives · burgeons · propagates
teems
Abounds in quantity
throngs · floods · inundates · overwhelms · saturates · brimming · rife · rampant · unchecked · uncontrolled
multiplies
Performs times operations
balloons · snowballs · mushrooms · skyrockets · accelerates · amplifies · intensifies · compounds · accumulates · mounts
spreads
Distributes over area
- disseminatesDistributes information broadly
- dispersesSpreads widely apart
- diffusesSpreads in all directions
permeates · radiates · expands · extends · scatters · circulates · metastasizes · infiltrates · pervades · saturates
proliferatesdwindles
Gradually becomes smaller
diminishes · decreases · declines · shrinks · contracts
proliferatescontracts
Enforceable written agreements
retreats · recedes · concentrates · consolidates · localizes
- nuclear proliferationWeapons capability spreading internationally
- nuclear non-proliferationRestricting atomic weapons spread
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