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escalate

Definition for escalate

verb as in increase, be increased

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Now a chip company has allegedly escalated this corporate warfare by financing third-party lawsuits to heap costs on a competitor.

Much of the price of oil, however, is “out of the president’s hands — outside of enforcement of sanctions and potential kinetic military actions that could escalate supply risks,” he said.

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The crisis had escalated beyond recovery and she felt it was the right thing to do, the insider added.

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Tension between the US and Venezuela has been growing since the former escalated its military presence in the southern Caribbean, in an operation it says is designed to combat drug trafficking.

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Attackers then move through networks or escalate privileges to impersonate higher-level officials authorized to bid on loads or reroute shipments, McClain said, “all while appearing to be part of normal operations.”

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

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