escalate

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

increase in extent or intensity
- The Allies escalated the bombing
• Syn:
intensify, step up
• Ant:
de-escalate
• Derivationally related forms:
step-up (for: step up), intensity (for: intensify), intensification (for: intensify), escalation
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
redouble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  intensify, step up
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  de-escalate, weaken, step down