proliferation

/pɹəˌlɪfəˈɹeɪʃən/

IPA: /P R OW0 L IH0 F ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N/

noun

1
The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
2
The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
3
The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
4
The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.

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