escalate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
increase in extent or intensity
The Allies escalated the bombing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- de-escalate antonym
- step-up derivation
- escalation derivation
- intensification derivation
- intensiveness derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | de-escalate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | step-up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | escalation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intensiveness |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redouble |