Escalate
Both words in one sentence
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Of note are his decision to expose the previously top secret campaign in Antarctica (at first seeming like a good idea, only to accidentally cause massive riots and escalate the already mounting tension between the idealist and realist sides of the team into a whole new level of violence).
Source: Pointy-Haired Boss
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