escalate
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Sense: Verb: increase
Synonyms:
increase Collocations, intensify, heighten, rise Collocations, grow Collocations, balloon Collocations, mushroom Collocations, snowball, gain Collocations, mount Collocations, climb Collocations, ramp up, go up, shoot up, go up a notch , build up, accumulate, burgeon, accelerate
Sense: Verb: cause to increase or intensify
Synonyms:
heighten, intensify, increase Collocations, raise Collocations, up Collocations, ramp up, amplify, magnify, take sth up a notch , augment, accelerate, pump up, ratchet up, exacerbate, aggravate