Adding more men and equipment.
To go up. To get bigger or larger (e.g. The Iraqi war escalated) it also means to go up.
There is no question that President Lyndon Johnson was in charge of America's military effort in Vietnam, as Commander In Chief, and the war escalated because he escalated it.
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LBJ escalated the Vietnam War
Australia mirrored the US. We sent in US Advisors and Special Forces (Green Beret), the Australians did the same (with their equivalent). When the US escalated, the Australians escalated.
Without outside intervention, the violence is sure to escalate.As fuel costs continued to escalate, many airlines began charging for checked baggage.
An escalated work order should be initiated when a regular work order will not get the job done quickly enough or well enough.
Johnson escalated the war.
Lyndon B. Johnson
The Kent State massacre.
Ran? Escalated?
Irish <Fenian> immigration began and escalated thereafter.