The White House worries that the crisis could escalate.
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Escalate
//ˈɛs.kjə.leɪt//
Synonyms for "escalate" (63 found)
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Related words (31)
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52 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- սրել verb (to intensify)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ескалирам verb (to intensify)
- повишавам се verb (to intensify)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 升級 /升级 verb (to intensify)
- 升高 verb (to intensify)
Czech
3 entries- eskalovat verb (to intensify)
- zintenzivnit verb (to intensify)
- zvýšit verb (to intensify)
Dutch
1 entries- escaleren verb (to intensify)
Finnish
4 entries- eskaloitua verb (to intensify)
- kasvaa verb (to intensify)
- kohota verb (to intensify)
- nousta verb (to intensify)
French
2 entries- faire remonter verb (to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority)
- intensifier verb (to intensify)
German
4 entries- eskalieren verb (to intensify)
- sich ausweiten verb (to intensify)
- steigern verb (to intensify)
- verschärfen verb (to intensify)
Hungarian
4 entries- elmérgesedik verb (to intensify)
- elmérgesít verb (to intensify)
- eszkalál verb (to intensify)
- eszkalál verb (to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority)
Japanese
1 entries- エスカレートする verb (to intensify)
Māori
1 entries- whakapiki verb (to intensify)
Persian
2 entries- بالا گرفتن verb (to intensify)
- تشدید شدن verb (to intensify)
Polish
2 entries- nasilać się verb (to intensify)
- nasilić się verb (to intensify)
Portuguese
2 entries- intensificar verb (to intensify)
- transferir verb (to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority)
Romanian
2 entries- escalada verb (to intensify)
- intensifica verb (to intensify)
Russian
2 entries- обостря́ть verb (to intensify)
- углубля́ть verb (to intensify)
Spanish
2 entries- elevar a un nivel superior verb (to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority)
- transferir verb (to transfer a telephone caller or problem to the next higher level of authority)
Swedish
2 entries- eskalera verb (to intensify)
- trappa upp verb (to intensify)
Turkish
1 entries- yoğunlaştırmak verb (to intensify)
Ukrainian
4 entries- заго́стрювати verb (to intensify)
- заго́стрюватися verb (to intensify)
- загостри́ти verb (to intensify)
- загостри́тися verb (to intensify)
Welsh
1 entries- dwysáu verb (to intensify)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
Don't allow it to escalate.
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Algeria and Morocco occasionally escalate diplomatic tensions.
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Things are going to escalate in Ukraine.
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