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acceleratedverbpast tense of accelerate to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or numbertoy purchases accelerate dramatically during the Christmas season accumulated, appreciated, ballooned, boomed, built up, burgeoned(also bourgeoned), climbed, enlarged, escalated, expanded, gained, increased, mounted, multiplied, mushroomed, proliferated, rolled up, rose, snowballed, spread, swelled, waxed jumped, rocketed, skyrocketed, surgedheightened, intensified, redoubledblew up, bulked, distended, inflated, puffed (up)crescendoed, crested, peaked contracted, decreased, diminished, dwindled, lessened, receded, waned to cause to move or proceed fast or fasterwe accelerated preparations for the hurricane upon hearing weather reports that it had gained speed bundled, fast-tracked, hastened, hurried, quickened, rushed, sped (up)(or speeded (up)), whisked drove, goaded, prodded, propelled, pushed, raced, spurred, stirred, urgedaided, dispatched, eased, encouraged, expedited, facilitated braked, decelerated, retarded, slowed (down) delayed, encumbered, fettered, hampered, held back, held up, hindered, hobbled, impeded, interfered (with), manacled, reined (in), restrained, shackled, tied up, trammeled(or trammelled)arrested, checked, stalled, stayed, stilled, stopped to make greater in size, amount, or numberthe company accelerated its advertising purchases even as the economy appeared to be in recession added (to), aggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, built up, compounded, enlarged, escalated, expanded, extended, hyped, increased, multiplied, pumped up, raised, stoked, supersized, swelled, upped boomed, jumped, skyrocketed, spikedbumped (up), ratcheted (up)also racheted (up)blew up, dilated, distended, inflateddrew out, elongated, fleshed (out), lengthened, prolonged, protracted, stretcheddeveloped, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnifiedcomplemented, supplementedbeefed (up), reinforced(also reenforced), strengthenedmaximizedaccumulated, amassed, collectedfollowed up, parlayed abated, decreased, de-escalated, diminished, downsized, dwindled, lessened, lowered, minified, reduced, subtracted (from) abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, shortenedcompressed, condensed, constricted, contractedcut back, retrenched in 1904 |