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Escalating

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Escalating"

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Word	Definition
step upverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility.
intensifyverb	(intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
aggravating	(informal) Annoying.
aggravationnoun	The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
ascendingnoun	Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees. (e.g. of a sequence)
billowingnoun	The act of something that billows; a billow.
build-upnoun	Alternative form of buildup. [An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.]
climbverb	(intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
climbingnoun	(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
compoundingnoun	An accumulation of compound interest.
de-escalationnoun	A decrease in scope, extension or severity.
deepeningnoun	The act of becoming deeper.
deteriorating	Getting worse.
deteriorationnoun	The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
enhanced	In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.
enhancementnoun	An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem.
enhancingnoun	Acting or tending to enhance.
escaladenoun	An act of scaling walls or fortifications.
exacerbatingverb	That exacerbates
exacerbationnoun	An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease)