Synonyms for escalate
ˈɛs kəˌleɪtes·ca·late

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1. escalate, intensify, step upverb

   increase in extent or intensity

   "The Allies escalated the bombing"

   Synonyms:
   come forward, rev up, compound, step to the fore, come to the fore, step forward, heighten, come out, step up, intensify, deepen

   Antonyms:
   de-escalate, step down, weaken

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1. List of paraphrases for "escalate":

   escalates, escalation, escalating, exacerbate, worsen, aggravate, intensify

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1. Nicholas Burns:

   President Putin may be cynical and he is certainly a bully, but he's also rational and he understands that Turkey is a core member of the NATO alliance and that what NATO is all about, of course, is the defense of the borders of each of the member states. So no one wants to see this escalate.

2. Mikko Hyppönen:

   We haven’t seen a mainstream app like this trying to escalate their privileges to gain access to things that they’re not supposed to gain access to, this is highly unusual, and it is pretty damning for Pinduoduo.

3. Lewis County:

   Now because of those two bills, one says de-escalate and the other says take away my tools. Well, you can’t have both. So now we’ve had to remove all of our less-lethal shotguns from our vehicles, and we’re encouraging all our smaller agencies to do the same, they’ll say, ‘That’s not the intent of the law,’ but the sad part is the letter of the law says ‘you shall not use 50 caliber or larger,’ so if a judge looks at it, he or she will look at the letter of the law, not the intent.

4. Khalid Hashim:

   I don't think the current tensions will escalate any further.

5. Andrew Hunter:

   We still think it is slightly more likely than not that the trade dispute with China will ultimately escalate further.