escalate

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.tr.
To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf.

v.intr.
To increase in intensity or extent: "a deepening long-term impasse that is certain to escalate" (Stewart L. Udall).

[Back-formation from ESCALATOR.]

escalation es'ca·la'tion n.
escalatory es'ca·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

verb

To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal beef up. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: increase, be increased
Antonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, weaken

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: increase in extent or intensity
  Synonyms: intensify, step up
  Antonym: de-escalate (meaning #2)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - få til at stige, gradvis udvikle til, lade eskalere, optrappe, gradvis øge
v. intr. - stige, gradvis udvikle sig, eskalere

Nederlands (Dutch)
escaleren, zich uitbreiden

Français (French)
v. tr. - intensifier, faire monter en flèche (des prix)
v. intr. - s'intensifier (la violence, la lutte), monter en flèche (des prix)

Deutsch (German)
v. - eskalieren, sich ausweiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανεβάζω, ανεβαίνω, κλιμακώνω/-ομαι, αυξάνω σε ένταση, έκταση ή κλίμακα

Italiano (Italian)
intensificare, intensificarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aumentar progressivamente

Русский (Russian)
обострять, ввергнуть, повышать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - agudizar, agravar, intensificar
v. intr. - agudizar, agravar, intensificar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - öka kraftigt, trappa upp, eskalera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使逐步上升, 逐步扩大, 逐步增强, 逐步升高

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使逐步上升
v. intr. - 逐步擴大, 逐步增強, 逐步升高

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 증가하다
v. intr. - 에스컬레이터로 이동하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 段階的に拡大する, エスカレートする, 上昇する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزيد من حدة, يصعد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הסלים, עלה, החריף‬
v. intr. - ‮הסלים, עלה, החריף‬

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