escalate, v.
(escalated, escalates, escalating)
(escalated, escalates, escalating)
increase in extent or intensity
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
escalate intensify step up
sample sentences
"The Allies escalated the bombing"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
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