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Synonyms and Antonyms of escalates
- as the war between the two countries escalated, it threatened to become a global conflict
accelerates, accumulates, appreciates, balloons, booms, builds up, burgeons (also bourgeons), climbs, enlarges, expands, gains, increases, mounts, multiplies, mushrooms, proliferates, rises, rolls up, snowballs, spreads, swells, waxes
- the president promised to escalate the government's program to combat the dreaded disease
booms, jumps, skyrockets, spikes
bumps (up), ratchets (up) also rachets (up)
blows up, dilates, distends, inflates
draws out, elongates, fleshes (out), lengthens, prolongs, protracts, stretches
develops, enhances, heightens, intensifies, magnifies
beefs (up), reinforces (also reenforces), strengthens
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