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escalate
Overview of verb escalate
The verb escalate has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. escalate, intensify, step up -- (increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing")
Antonyms of verb escalate
1 sense of escalate
Sense 1
escalate, intensify, step up
Antonym of de-escalate (Sense 2)
=>de-escalate, weaken, step down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb escalate
1 sense of escalate
Sense 1
escalate, intensify, step up
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb escalate
1 sense of escalate
Sense 1
escalate, intensify, step up
=> redouble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb escalate
1 sense of escalate
Sense 1
escalate, intensify, step up
=> increase
'Cause To' of verb escalate
Derived Forms of verb escalate
1 sense of escalate
Sense 1
escalate, intensify, step up
RELATED TO>(noun) escalation#1
=> escalation
Domain of verb escalate
Domain Terms of verb escalate
Familiarity of verb escalate
escalate used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb escalate
1 sense of escalate
Sense 1
escalate, intensify, step up
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb escalate
1 sense of escalate
Sense 1
escalate, intensify, step up
> increase
=> extend, stretch
=> augment
=> build up
=> enlarge
=> up
=> raise
=> blow up, enlarge, magnify
=> multiply, manifold
=> build up, work up, build, ramp up
=> inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> escalate, intensify, step up
=> boost
=> lengthen
=> regenerate
=> maximize, maximise
=> heighten
=> heighten, rise
=> rev up, rev
=> rev up, step up
=> boost, advance, supercharge
=> widen, broaden, extend
=> kite
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb escalate
Sense 1
escalate, intensify, step up
=> increase
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Grep of verb escalate
de-escalate
escalate
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