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Verb escalate has 1 sense
  1. escalate, intensify, step up - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
    --1 is one way to increase
    Antonyms: de-escalate, weaken, step down
    Derived form: noun escalation1
    Sample sentences:
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    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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