Escalated [verb]

Definition of Escalated:

increase, be increased

Synonyms of Escalated:

● Widen

● Raise

● Intensify

● Mount

● Rise

● Step up

● Heighten

● Grow

● Expand

● Scale

● Extend

● Magnify

● Broaden

● Ascend

● Enlarge

● Climb

● Amplify

● Make worse


Opposite/Antonyms of Escalated:

● Shrink

● Contract

● Descend

● Halt

● Decline

● Fall

● Stop

● Reduce

● Diminish

● Lower

● Drop

● Weaken

● Compress

● Go down

● Shorten

● Curtail

● Condense

● Abridge

● Slump

● Slow

● Lessen

● Decrease


Sentence/Example of Escalated:

For more than 15 years domestic spending had soared as Federal programs multiplied, and the expense escalated annually.

Financial burdens, however, escalated rapidly between 1886 and 1911.