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proliferation noun

  /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ , /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/
  • (uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
 Vermehrung, Knospung, Sprossung
  • (uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
 Proliferation, Verbreitung
  • (countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
 Vergrößerung, Verstärkung, Wucherung, Zunahme

proliferate verb

  /pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt/
  • (ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
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