Meaning & use

escalating

verb·Academic

Increasing rapidly in size, intensity, or seriousness.

See it in a sentence

Tensions between the two countries kept escalating throughout the summer.

The cost of the project was escalating far beyond the original budget.

A note on using this word

Escalating is often used for conflicts, prices, or emotions that are getting progressively worse or bigger.

Words with a similar meaning

intensifyingmounting

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Words with an opposite meaning

de-escalating

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