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escalateverb to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberas the war between the two countries escalated, it threatened to become a global conflict accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon(also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, expand, gain, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax jump, rocket, skyrocket, surgeheighten, intensify, redoubleblow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)crescendo, crest, peak contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane to make greater in size, amount, or numberthe president promised to escalate the government's program to combat the dreaded disease accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, expand, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, swell, up boom, jump, skyrocket, spikebump (up), ratchet (up)also rachet (up)blow up, dilate, distend, inflatedraw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretchdevelop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnifycomplement, supplementbeef (up), reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenmaximizeaccumulate, amass, collectfollow up, parlay abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from) abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shortencompress, condense, constrict, contractcut back, retrench in 1944 |