escalate
verb
1 escalate
Increase in extent or intensity:
— The Allies escalated the bombing.
synonyms: intensify, step up.
Roget 307:
heighten,
elevate,
raise,
lift,
erect;
set up,
stick up,
perch up,
perk up,
tilt up;
rear,
hoist,
heave;
uplift,
upraise,
uprear,
upbear†,
upcast†,
uphoist†,
upheave;
buoy,
weigh mount,
give a lift;
exalt;
sublimate;
place on a pedestal,
set on a pedestal.
escalate
etc.
(increase)
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take up,
drag up,
fish up;
dredge.
stand up,
rise up,
get up,
jump up;
spring to one's feet;
hold oneself,
hold one's head up;
drawn oneself up to his full height.
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Dutch: uitbreiden, toenemen, verhevigen, escaleren
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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