proliferate

Verb

Meaning

To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.

To produce zooids by budding.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

increase procreate burgeon grow branch expand boom propagate multiply mushroom overrun abound enlarge broaden accrue
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Antonyms

fall deflate contract decline decrease decay
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Hypernyms

grow manifold multiply

Related terms

prolific proliferous

Examples

Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding. Terry Goodkind

When there is no penalty for failure, failures proliferate. George Will

Those are the things that, in the wrong hands - and certainly in our war on terrorism we also must attack proliferation and those nations that proliferate with chemical, biological and nuclear type devices, because that can cause the most catastrophic results. Hugh Shelton

Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

The fact that so few creatures can tolerate these conditions means that any animal that can, has the place to itself and so can proliferate in vast numbers. David Attenborough

I'd rather proliferate funny little rumors than not. Autre Ne Veut

Close letter words and terms

prolicide prolidase prolifer proliferation proliferation therapy proliferational