Escalate and Scale

Escalate

Escalate verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.

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Scale and escalate are semantically related in increase topic. In some cases you can use "Scale" instead a verb "Escalate".

Nearby Words: escalation, escalating, escalator

Scale verb - To find out the size, extent, or amount of.

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Escalate and scale are semantically related in ascend topic. Sometimes you can use "Escalate" instead a verb "Scale".

Nearby Words: scaled, scaling, scalable

fight	escalate fight	scale fight
attacks	escalate attacks	scale attacks

Often crosses over with a Save the World Climax; as their goals escalate to the scale of Saving the World, their personality evolves into one worthy of the task.

Source: Messiah Creep
This can quickly escalate into a full-scale war between every citizen in the current map zone of town, especially when the police get drawn into the shootout as well.

Source: Set a Mook to Kill a Mook
The evil path has an agent of the necromancers' kingdom of Deyja help escalate the conflict into a full-scale war, weakening Deyja's rivals, producing a rich bounty of 'resources' to exploit and ensuring that reconciliation between Erathia and Tularea is unlikely for the forseeable future.

Source: War for Fun and Profit

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