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escalate

Definition for escalate

verb as in increase, be increased

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Beijing continued playing hardball this week, escalating the trade fight Monday by sanctioning the U.S. units of South Korean shipping company Hanwha Ocean.

That killing sharply escalated the fighting, the Doghmosh family members said.

Instead, he has escalated brutal attacks against Ukraine that have killed and wounded more than 50,000 civilians since February 2022.

If those tests work out, SpaceX will then plan to escalate their plans when the launch window to send ships from Earth to Mars opens up again a few years later.

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That came amid a diplomatic move by the Europeans to isolate Israel over its escalating campaign in Gaza and to get the Saudi leadership onboard with their vision.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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