
Proliferate
Quick Expansion
Use 'proliferate' when something grows or increases rapidly and extensively.
Mobile apps have started to proliferate across the internet.
Negative Connotation
Often has a negative connotation, suggesting uncontrollable or excessive growth.
Conspiracy theories tend to proliferate online during a crisis.
Unintended Spread
Suggests spreading despite efforts to control or is unplanned.
Once the rumor started, it proliferated through the school.