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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: escalates, escalated, escalating

Type of: increase

Antonym: de-escalate

Encyclopedia: Escalate

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