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mushroomed

VERB

sprout; grow quickly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boom burgeon expand explode flourish proliferate shoot up

STRONG

augment burst detonate grow increase luxuriate spread

WEAK

blow up go off grow rapidly spring up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail shrink

STRONG

decrease diminish

WEAK

shrivel

Example Sentences

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Since last fall, when Kakaiya began selling the model, clinician interest has mushroomed.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

By the end of 2023, head count had mushroomed to nearly 13,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

This was the version of reality she lived after early mental health issues mushroomed into full-blown psychosis.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

It soon mushroomed from there to other infrastructure companies, cloud providers, and energy firms.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

Th e sound of the chenda mushroomed over the temple, accentuating the silence of the encompassing night.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy