What is another word for escalating?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɛskɐlˌe͡ɪtɪŋ], [ ˈɛskɐlˌeɪtɪŋ], [ ˈɛ_s_k_ɐ_l_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]
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Synonyms for Escalating:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective) • progressive (adjective)n.
• ascension (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• elevating (verb) • intensifying (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- aggrandizement,
- compounding,
- growing,
- heighten,
- going up,
- magnify,
- enhance,
- escalation,
- insurrection,
- developing,
- soaring,
- inflate,
- enhancement,
- skyrocketing,
- Accumulating,
- go up,
- burgeoning,
- augment,
- develop,
- rise,
- spreading,
- jumping,
- lift,
- on the rise,
- scaling,
- waxing,
- aggravate,
- gradient,
- expanding,
- incline,
- exasperate,
- upsurge,
- advancement,
- grade,
- revolt,
- intensify,
- rebellion,
- surge,
- slope,
- Enhancing,
- promotion,
- advance,
- deepen,
- compound,
- on the increase,
- exalt,
- redoubling,
- proliferating,
- augmenting,
- elevate,
- Clambering,
- elevation,
- Enlarging,
- Boosting,
- preferment,
- height,
- Multiplying,
- altitude,
- enlarge,
- make worse,
- swell,
- progress,
- aggravating,
- upturn,
- mutiny,
- Inflating,
- amplify,
- exacerbate,
- ascending,
- ascent,
- getting bigger,
- improvement,
- uprising,
- ballooning,
- increase,
- extend,
- escalate,
- Rocketing.
How to use "Escalating" in context?
Escalating a situation usually means taking things further until a resolution is reached. When something is escalating, the intensity, frequency, and severity of the behavior is increasing.
Paraphrases for Escalating:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
spiralling.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Adjective
aggravating, enhanced, growing, highest, incremental, intensified, mounting, nascent, progressive, strengthened, strengthening, surging, upward, stepped-up, ever-widening, ever-increasing, ever-growing, ever-greater.
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Noun, singular or mass
de-escalation, deepening, escalade, exacerbation, growing, heightening, intensifying, mountaineering, mounting, strengthening, worsening, upgrading, fuelling, build-up, stepping-up.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
aggravating, ascending, augmenting, billowing, climbing, compounding, continuing, contributing, creeping, deepening, emerging, exacerbating, exploding, flaring, fueling, going, growing, heating, heightening, intensifying, mounting, ongoing, overheating, rearing, simmering, soaring, spiraling, spreading, strengthening, surging, swelling, updating, Adding, Amounting, Appreciating, Arising, Bolstering, Channeling, Channelling, Degenerating, Delivering, Dispatching, Enlarging, Extending, Furthering, Gaining, Rocketing, Routing, Transporting, Stepping, incrementing, burgeoning, upgrading, zooming, fuelling, skyrocketing, mushrooming, redoubling, spiralling, resurging.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
Heightened, escalated, spiralling.
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Proper noun, singular
escalated.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
worsening, Boosting, reinforcing.
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Adjective
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