How to Spell escalate
escalate
escalate - verb
- To increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"a little war threatens to escalate into a huge ugly one"
Etymology
Back-formation from escalator
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