Talk:population explosion

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population explosion

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We have the relevant sense of explosion (rapid increase) and the sense isn't limited to population either. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:34, 2 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Delete per nom. DCDuring TALK 22:21, 2 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
Delete. Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV 14:59, 3 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
Keep, it is idiomatic, it is not an explosion, it is a rapid increase.Lucifer (talk) 03:29, 6 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
Weak delete. DAVilla 02:13, 8 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
This term is used a lot to describe large increases in human births and since the rampant sense of "explosion" is a large blast of chemicals, this is no SOP and we should keep it, especially since it is a pretty common collocation as well.Lucifer (talk) 20:22, 9 April 2012 (UTC)Reply
Deleted. - -sche (discuss) 20:31, 9 April 2012 (UTC)Reply