Escalated
Escalated adjective - Being at a higher level than average.
Fell
Fell verb - To strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall.
Both words in one sentence
- The two clubs have hated each other since the day of inception, but it only grew after 1950 due to conflict between junior territories, and escalated once more in the 1990s with the increased financial success of the Roosters while the Rabbitohs fell into financial struggle.
Source: Rugby League
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