proliferations
Many sudden increases
Proliferations are instances or results of rapid increase or spread.
The word appears in contexts where something multiplies beyond expected bounds: proliferations of new regulations, nuclear proliferations across unstable regions.
The singular proliferation is more common; the plural emphasizes distinct episodes or types of spreading.
Arithmetic scaling operations
- explosionsViolent, rapid expansions
- surgesAbrupt powerful rises
- boomsRumbles or upswings
- spreadsDistributes over area
escalations · buildups · accumulations · mushrooming · snowballing · burgeoning · amplifications · intensifications
Biological replication events
- metastasesCancer's spread beyond origin
- mitosesNuclear splitting events
- malignanciesHarmful, spreading tumors
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
Acts of spreading widely
- diffusionsGradual scatterings outward
- dispersalsActs of spreading outward
- propagationsActs of spreading outward
- transmissionsSent communications or signals
circulations · distributions · permeations · scatterings · extensions · radiations · branching · outgrowths
Competing military buildup cycles
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- uranium enrichmentRaising fissile isotope proportion
- treaty violationsFailures to honor accords
- IAEAU.N. atomic oversight body
multiplications
Arithmetic scaling operations
- explosionsViolent, rapid expansions
- surgesAbrupt powerful rises
- boomsRumbles or upswings
spreads · escalations · buildups · accumulations · mushrooming · snowballing · burgeoning · amplifications · intensifications · accelerations
cell divisions
Biological replication events
- metastasesCancer's spread beyond origin
- mitosesNuclear splitting events
- malignanciesHarmful, spreading tumors
lesions · neoplasms · carcinomas · lymphomas · mutations
disseminations
Acts of spreading widely
- diffusionsGradual scatterings outward
- dispersalsActs of spreading outward
- propagationsActs of spreading outward
transmissions · circulations · distributions · permeations · scatterings · extensions · radiations · branching · outgrowths · ramifications
arms races
Competing military buildup cycles
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
- uranium enrichmentRaising fissile isotope proportion
- treaty violationsFailures to honor accords
proliferationsdecreases
Grows smaller in amount
declines · reductions · diminishments · contractions · shrinkages
proliferationscontainments
Acts of holding within
consolidations · restrictions · curtailments · limitations · suppressions
proliferationsscarcities
States of insufficient supply
shortages · deficiencies · dearths · paucities · lacks
- nuclear proliferationWeapons capability spreading internationally
- nuclear non-proliferationRestricting atomic weapons spread