escalates Definition

intensify, step up, aggravates, ascends, deepens, exacerbate, exacerbates, gets, increases, increasing, intensifies, mounts, qualifies, rise, rises, rising, scale, scales, soar, surge, tightens, toughens, widens, worsens, conflict, violence, war, situation, level, cost, behavior, point, problem, tension, anger, crisis, argument, anxiety, risk, abuse, intensity, fight, dispute, confrontation, struggle, cycle, aggression, battle, competition, price, demand, fear, costs, pain, fighting, incident, frequency, disagreement, demands, severity, stress, quarrel, attack, danger, complexity, inflation, involvement, rivalry, hostility, rhetoric, threat, warfare, opponent, debate, proportions, race, conflicts, tensions, dose, interaction, behaviour, rapidly, quickly, further, dramatically, gradually, sharply, inevitably, becomes, begins, become, continues, does, starts, leads, makes, intervene, takes, occurs, goes,