'escalate' definitions:
Definition of 'escalate'
From: WordNet
verb
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" [syn: escalate, intensify, step up] [ant: de-escalate, step down, weaken]
Synonyms of 'escalate'
From: 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