proliferation

Noun
  1. Growth by the rapid multiplication of parts (synset 113563178)
    is a type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
  2. A rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons) (synset 113563317)
    "the proliferation of nuclear weapons"
    is a type of: growth, increase, increment - a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

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