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escalate
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    I once saw a young couple's argument at the local Chinese buffet escalate into a symphony of curse words and insults.†  (source)
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    That's the problem with stuff like this—everyone keeps trying to top one another, and then things escalate out of control.†  (source)
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    Their idea of killing their way down the Elite's castes is pretty drastic, and we're all afraid those attacks are going to escalate.†  (source)
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    With each dead end, I felt an escalating fear.†  (source)
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    In seconds, the situation escalated into the largest confrontation I'd ever witnessed.†  (source)
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    The terrible sounds he'd heard escalate for the last hour took on a high-pitched, mechanical squeal, like a robotic death yell.†  (source)
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    Every escalation in the bombing brought a parallel escalation in the Bird's attacks on Louie.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Change the subject before this escalates, Miri tells herself.†  (source)
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    IF THESE ARE OUR OBJECTIVES—IF WE AGREE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT—WHY ARE WE ESCALATING THE WAR?†  (source)
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    I thought about my mother and how she would feel if this escalated any further.†  (source)
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    Not only did it escalate her worry, it also infuriated her whenever the U.S. military was portrayed in a negative light.†  (source)
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    This had allowed the escalation to happen.†  (source)
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    It escalates.†  (source)
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