population explosion

collocation in English

meaningsofpopulationandexplosion

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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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explosion
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
the fact of something such as a ...
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(Definition ofpopulationandexplosionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepopulationexplosionalso means people have less time, must work more and be more interrupted, so they can't meditate on the old culture.
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Alarmists feared that the world'spopulationexplosionwould wreak environmental and economic havoc.
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Only a few microorganisms are required to create apopulationexplosionin a receptive planet or comet.
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We agree, although a worldwide epidemic would be a most undesirable and inhumane way to end thepopulationexplosion.
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To keep pace with thepopulationexplosion, the city itself expanded quickly.
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Paradoxically, however, they have been regarded by some as ' blessings in disguise ' for those third-world countries where such measures are helping to stem the nascent threat of apopulationexplosion.
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Some forecasters are estimating a worldwidepopulationexplosionfrom the current 6.6 billion people to 8 billion people by the year 2020 and to 9.4 billion by 2050.
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It may be that we are already too late and that the worldpopulationexplosioncan no longer be influenced by human agency.
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I am critical of many of those who indulge in scaremongering about thepopulationexplosion, but we must recognise that it is a growing problem.
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One has only to think of thepopulationexplosion, the law explosion, and, indeed, the criminal explosion during those intervening years to appreciate the situation.
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Thepopulationexplosionargument for a totally free birth control service simply does not stand up.
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Thepopulationexplosionin many developing countries is now intensifying rural and urban unemployment, with all its attendant poverty, social distress and malnutrition.
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Are there hard facts on the likelypopulationexplosion?
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And the achievements in providing the necessary health, housing, educational and other facilities for thispopulationexplosionare wholly praiseworthy.
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Nor is rapid population growth, the so-calledpopulationexplosion, behind poverty.
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Any money which filters down tends to become dissipated in apopulationexplosionand the whole economy ends up pear-shaped.
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Aid is crucial if thepopulationexplosionis to be restrained by the end of this century.
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All that needs exploding is the myth that thispopulationexplosionexists.
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It was hardly to be expected that nations representing so many diverse interests would agree on the action necessary to meet the worldpopulationexplosion.
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My case rests on the remarkablepopulationexplosionin these four districts.
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