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A Writer's Dictionary:

escalated Definition


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escalate
verb
    tr & intr
    escalated, escalating
    1. To increase or be increased rapidly in scale or degree, etc.
      Thesaurus: increase, enlarge, grow, extend, expand, magnify, amplify, accelerate; Antonym: diminish.
Derivative: escalation
noun
    Derivative: escalatory
    adj
      Etymology: 1940s: from escalator.



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