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

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Example Sentences

We will not ignore the proliferation implications of Iran's nuclear weapons programme.  I am therefore recommending that our police forces use whatever means necessary to stop the proliferation of illicit drugs in America.  We in America must also curtail nuclear proliferation.

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