| VERB | change | escalate, intensify, step up | increase in extent or intensity |
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| Sounds | eh'skahley.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | increase in extent or intensity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The Allies escalated the bombing" | |
| Synonyms | intensify, step up | |
| Narrower | redouble | double in magnitude, extent, or intensity |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Opposite | de-escalate, weaken, step down | Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of |
| Spanish | escalar, intensificarse, intensificar | |
| Catalan | intensificar-se, intensificar | |
| Nouns | escalation | an increase / increase / increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy |
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