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escalatesverbpresent tense third-person singular of escalate to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberas the war between the two countries escalated, it threatened to become a global conflict accelerates, accumulates, appreciates, balloons, booms, builds up, burgeons(also bourgeons), climbs, enlarges, expands, gains, increases, mounts, multiplies, mushrooms, proliferates, rises, rolls up, snowballs, spreads, swells, waxes jumps, rockets, skyrockets, surgesheightens, intensifies, redoublesblows up, bulks, distends, inflates, puffs (up)crescendoes, crests, peaks contracts, decreases, diminishes, dwindles, lessens, recedes, wanes to make greater in size, amount, or numberthe president promised to escalate the government's program to combat the dreaded disease accelerates, adds (to), aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, boosts, builds up, compounds, enlarges, expands, extends, hypes, increases, multiplies, pumps up, raises, stokes, supersizes, swells, ups booms, jumps, skyrockets, spikesbumps (up), ratchets (up)also rachets (up)blows up, dilates, distends, inflatesdraws out, elongates, fleshes (out), lengthens, prolongs, protracts, stretchesdevelops, enhances, heightens, intensifies, magnifiescomplements, supplementsbeefs (up), reinforces(also reenforces), strengthensmaximizesaccumulates, amasses, collectsfollows up, parlays abates, decreases, de-escalates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, minifies, reduces, subtracts (from) abbreviates, abridges, curtails, shortenscompresses, condenses, constricts, contractscuts back, retrenches |