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Escalates

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step upverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility.
intensifyverb(intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
aggravatesverb(by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.
ascendsverb(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.
deepensverb(transitive) To make deep or deeper
exacerbateverb(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
exacerbatesverb(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
getsverb(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
increasesverb(intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
increasingnounOn the increase.
intensifiesverbThe act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
mountsverb(transitive) To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
qualifiesverbTo successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
riseverb(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
risesverb(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
risingnounThe act of something that rises.
scaleverb(transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
scalesnounA device for measuring weight.
soarverb(intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
surgeverb(intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

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