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escalating

ADJECTIVE

increasing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accelerating deepening growing intensifying

STRONG

accentuating advancing building emphasizing heightening sharpening

WEAK

building up dominant

ADJECTIVE

progressive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

growing progressing

STRONG

accelerating advancing continuing developing evolving improving increasing intensifying

WEAK

advanced continuous dynamic enterprising go ahead graduated moving forward ongoing up-and-coming up-to-date

NOUN

ascension

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ascent

STRONG

climbing flying mounting rise rising scaling soaring

WEAK

towering

Antonyms

WEAK

declension decline descendancy

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If so, they could function as a widespread system of natural earthquake brakes that prevents some ruptures from escalating into even larger events.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Now, after months of escalating controversies surrounding his leadership, Patel suddenly wants Americans to believe none of this is happening.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Calbee blamed "supply instability for certain raw materials resulting from the escalating tensions in the Middle East".

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Oil prices rose in Asia amid escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil transit waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

On and on the messages went, each one escalating the last.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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