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Escalates

To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.

📖 Definitions of "Escalates"

verb
  1. 1

    To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.

    "The shooting escalated the existing hostility."

  2. 2

    In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority

    "The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2."

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