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proliferate
/prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt/
verb
To increase quickly in number.
- “Coffee shops have proliferated across the city centre.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))