Words similar to escalate

Example sentences for: escalate

How can you use “escalate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Our failure to intervene might well cause the war to escalate and spread.
Some experts predict that their involvement in the war could escalate the conflict, drawing these countries into battle with one another.
Kusama, clothed in a kimono, dabs paint on her nude models, who begin to dance in comic self-consciousness, then escalate, to a loud acid rock soundtrack, into orgy.
Pass on the name of a group for parents like her: It is Parents Anonymous, and it helps stressed out parents who fear they might escalate from yelling to actual physical abuse.
In essence, this is a versatile two-way bilingual (Russian English) collocation dictionary providing information about how to intensify, heighten, or escalate the basic meanings of nouns on the one hand, and verbs and adjectives on the other, by qualifying them with adjectives and adverbs, respectively.