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21escalate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: back formation from escalator Date: 1944 intransitive verb to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope < a little war threatens to escalate into a huge ugly one Arnold Abrams > transitive… …
22escalate — verb /ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/ a) to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up Violence escalated during the election. b) in technical support, to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher leve …
23ESCALATE — Efegatran and Streptokinase to Canalize Arteries Like Accelerated Tissue Plasminogen Activator [study] …
24escalate — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
25escalate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. intensify, worsen (see increase). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. heighten, intensify, step up; see increase 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. increase, rise, mount, climb, intensify, heighten, grow,… …
26escalate — es·ca·late || eskÉ™leɪt v. make worse, aggravate; raise, increase …
27escalate violence — increase violence …
28escalate — [ ɛskəleɪt] verb 1》 increase rapidly. 2》 become or make more intense or serious. Derivatives escalation noun Origin 1920s (in the sense travel on an escalator ): back form. from escalator …
29escalate — verb 1) prices have escalated Syn: increase rapidly, soar, rocket, shoot up, mount, spiral, climb, go up, inflate; informal go through the ceiling, go through the roof, skyrocket Ant: plunge 2) …
30escalate — es·ca·late …
