Words and phrases that have a meaning related to escalate: (129 results)
Antonyms:
de-escalate, step down, weaken
Often used in the same context:
worsen, erupt, intensify, deteriorate, exacerbate, subside, skyrocket, provoke, aggravate, degenerate, inflame, ensue, abate, weaken, persist, rise, depress, diminish, normalize, explode, incite, complicate, roil, erode, soar, intervene, fester, heighten, instigate, destabilize, arise, defuse, precipitate, devolve, proliferate, threaten, happen, stoke, multiply, embroil, trigger, overshadow, polarize, politicize, occur, creep, engulf, undermine, spiraled, radicalize, ratcheting, outstrip, harden, recede, unfold, foment, exceed, deplete, constrain, backfire, embitter, overreact, stabilize, evolve, magnify, internationalize, ignite, plummet, degrade, grow, dissipate, dwindle, retaliate, tolerate, recur, curtail, tamp down, forebode, foresee, exasperate, agitate, communalise, respond, resolve, reduce, overwhelm, ratcheted, traumatise, disrupt, protracts, debilitate, anticipate, depreciate, flared, rages, vacillate, meddle, wane, deepen, foreshadow, preempt, intrude, intergroup, unresolved, escalating, interethnic, intrafamilial, intrafamily, intragroup, unresolvable, ethnopolitical, interparental, interpersonal, interracial, irresolvable, mideast, unsolved, empt, ethnic, ethnonational, exacerbated, intercommunal
More specific:
redouble
Appears in the definition of:
de-escalate
More general:
increase
Synonyms:
Also try:step up
— Nouns for escalate: conflict, tensions, conflicts, situations, tension, violence, aggression, dose, anger, crises, arguments, more...
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