Synonyms for escalates
es·ca·lates

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1. List of paraphrases for "escalates":

   escalate, aggravates, ascends, mounts, rises, escalation, toughens, intensifies, escalating, widens

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1. Bob Pinnegar:

   Each passing month further escalates the risk of losing an ever increasing amount of rental housing, ultimately jeopardizing the availability of safe, sustainable and affordable housing for all Americans, flawed eviction moratoriums leave renters with insurmountable debt and housing providers holding the bag as our nation's housing affordability crisis spirals into a housing affordability disaster.

2. Christie Roberts:

   Today’s decision dramatically escalates the stakes of the 2022 elections, and we’re making sure Americans have the tools they need to channel their anger into action, this on-the-ground organizing work will help elect Democrats who will fight to protect women’s right to make their own health care decisions and ensure the GOP’s cruel agenda to making abortion illegal and punish women is front and center for voters across the Senate battlegrounds.

3. Ron Harrison:

   An increase in demand for services this summer would not surprise us as news of Zika virus escalates.

4. Jake Auchincloss:

   Preemptive sanctions are bad. The whole idea of sanctions are their deterrent effect. We want to make the calculation that President Putin faces one in which he has an off-ramp so he can de-escalate, but if he escalates, he faces significant negative repercussions.

5. Hans Kristensen:

   We have never been in a nuclear war where escalation is about to happen and early-warning systems are poised to look for signs of surprise nuclear strikes. In such a scenario, a decision by a military power to launch a conventional attack - but the adversary expects and mistakenly interprets it as a nuclear attack - could contribute to an overreaction that escalates the crisis.