rapid increase
Sudden steep climb
A rapid increase is a quick rise in quantity, intensity, or degree.
The phrase typically describes measurable changes—population, prices, temperature, or rates of any kind: a rapid increase in housing costs, The disease showed a rapid increase in transmission.
It emphasizes speed rather than magnitude, though the two often coincide.
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- spikeSharp rise or point
- through the roofAt extreme levels
- boomLoud deep sound
- population explosionRapid growth in inhabitants
explosion · skyrocket · off the charts · soar · escalation · acceleration · steep climb · multiplication · snowball · mushroom · going viral · ballooning · proliferation · uptick · jump · leap · swell · rocket
rapid increaseplunge
Sudden steep descent
crash · nosedive · freefall · steep drop · steep decline
rapid increasegradual reduction
stagnation · stability · plateau · standstill · equilibrium
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