Escalate and Supplement

Escalate

Escalate verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Usage example: the president promised to escalate the government's program to combat the dreaded disease

Supplement and escalate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supplement" instead a verb "Escalate".

Nearby Words: escalation, escalating, escalator

Supplement

Supplement verb - Add as a supplement to what seems insufficient.

Escalate and supplement are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Escalate" instead a verb "Supplement".

Common collocations

numbers escalate numbers supplement numbers
attacks escalate attacks supplement attacks
abilities escalate abilities supplement abilities

Both words in one sentence

  • Summon Bigger Fish Unfortunately things escalate in the sequel series "The Malloreon" with the evil Grolim sorcerors trying to one-up each other by summoning demons to supplement their own powers of sorcery.
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