• v.
    ⦿increase in extent or intensity
    lexical concept
  • The Allies escalated the bombing

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:escalate
  2. enl:intensify
  3. enl:step up
wn:interlingual indexili:i23178
wn:eq synonymdn:eskalere§1

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • escalatestep up
  • escalateintensifystep up