escalate
increase in extent or intensity - The Allies escalated the bombing • Syn: intensify, step up • Ant: de-escalate • Derivationally related forms: step-up (for: step up), intensity (for: intensify), intensification (for: intensify), escalation • Hypernyms: increase • Hyponyms: redouble • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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