Dictionary Definition
escalate v : increase in extent or intensity;
"The Allies escalated the bombing" [syn: intensify, step up] [ant:
de-escalate]
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English
Etymology
back-form escalatorVerb
(transitive and intransitive)Translations
to intensify
- Chinese:
- Finnish: nousta, kohota, eskaloitua, kasvaa
- German: eskalieren
to transfer a telephone caller to the next
higher level of authority
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Synonyms, Antonyms 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, loft, mount, perk up, raise, raise up, rear, rear up, rise, scale, set up, sky, spread, stick up, throw up,
up, upbuoy, upcast, upclimb, upgo, upheave, uphoist, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, upthrow, widen