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Proliferation

/pɹəˌlɪfəˈɹeɪʃən/

The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.

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noun
  1. 1

    The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.

  2. 2

    The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.

  3. 3

    The result of building up; buildup, accretion.

  4. 4

    The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.

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