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accelerating

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ac·​cel·​er·​at·​ing | \ ik-ˈse-lə-ˌrā-tiŋ How to pronounce accelerating (audio) , ak-\

Definition of accelerating

: increasing in speed or rate of occurrence an accelerating process of change … the already appalling damage humans have done to the primates by our accelerating destruction of their world.— Paul Schullery
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acceleratingly adverb

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 The accelerating loss could be a sign that the catastrophe has already been set in motion. — Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, "Rising bedrock below West Antarctica could delay catastrophic ice sheet collapse," 21 June 2018

First Known Use of accelerating

1661, in the meaning defined above

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