Word

proliferate, v.
(proliferated, proliferates, proliferating)

cause to grow or increase rapidly
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proliferate

sample sentences

"We must not proliferate nuclear arms"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

proliferation proliferation

semantic pointers

hypernym

multiply, manifold

verb group

grow rapidly
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proliferate

sample sentences

"Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

verb frames

Something ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

proliferation proliferation

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hypernym

verb group