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escalate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb escalate has 1 sense
- escalate(v = verb.change) intensify, step up - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" is one way to increase
Antonym: de-escalate
Derived form noun escalation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
escalate, v.
1 intr. & tr. increase or develop (usu. rapidly) by stages.
2 tr. cause (an action, activity, or process) to become more intense.
1 intr. & tr. increase or develop (usu. rapidly) by stages.
2 tr. cause (an action, activity, or process) to become more intense.
Derivative
escalation n.
Etymology
back-form. f. ESCALATOR
THESAURUS
escalate
boost, broaden, buoy up, cast up, climb, elevate, enlarge, erect, escalade, expand, grow, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, increase, intensify, jerk up, knock up, levitate, lift, lift up, lob, loft, mount, perk up, raise, raise up, rear, rear up, rise, scale, set up, sky, spread, stick up, throw up, up, upbuoy, upcast, upclimb, upgo, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upthrow, widen
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