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escalate

/ escalate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
increase in extent or intensity
"The Allies escalated the bombing"
Opposites:
de-escalate weaken step down
Type of:
increase
Kinds of:
redouble
Derived:
increase step-up intensity intensiveness intensification
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
21%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
10
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

increase redouble de-escalate weaken step down