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Verb: escalate  'e-sku`leyt
  1. Increase in extent or intensity
    "The Allies escalated the bombing"
    - intensify, step up

Derived forms: escalating, escalates, escalated

See also: escalation

Type of: increase

Antonym: de-escalate

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