Synonyms of the word

escalate

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.
• v. (transitive) In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of…

increase

• v. (intransitive) (of a quantity) To become larger.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) larger.
• v. To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
• v. (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is increased.
• n. For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
• n. (knitting) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).

intensify

• v. (transitive) To render more intense.
• v. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.