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escalation in something
collocation
an increase in the amount, level, or seriousness of something:
Many cities have seen an escalation in violence from street gangs.
There has been an escalation in tension at the border, with both sides sending in troops.
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escalation
People were warned against travel to the area following an escalation in hostilities between government troops and rebel fighters.
It's difficult to explain the recent escalation in violent crime.
The plot represented a chilling new escalation in terrorist tactics.
What we have noticed at these rallies is the escalation in violent rhetoric.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Increasing and intensifying
accretion
accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add fuel to the fireidiom
blaze
fade
go up
growing
growingly
heighten
hot up
inflation
mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
redouble
stake
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