Definitions

proliferate

[pruh-lif-uh-reyt] / prəˈlɪf əˌreɪt /

VERB

increase quickly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

breed burgeon escalate generate multiply mushroom propagate reproduce snowball

STRONG

engender expand procreate

WEAK

grow rapidly run riot

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease destroy kill lessen shrink

WEAK

decline fall off

Example Sentences

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As Tennis Stats Proliferate, Software Tries to Make Sense of It All When fans think of statistics, baseball, football and basketball often come to mind first.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2013

Step 2- Proliferate the millions of extracted cells into billions and billions in a bioreactor or other growth apparatus.

From Scientific American • Sep. 18, 2012

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