Increasing
Increasing adjective - Becoming greater or larger.
Running and increasing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Running" instead an adjective "Increasing".
Running
Running adjective - Being in effective operation.
Increasing and running are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Increasing" instead an adjective "Running".
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Even implies that the "tripped while running away from evil cliche" is due to the victim's increasing panic as the killer draws steadily closer while (apparently) moving no faster than a Slow Walk.
- Several boss fights make great use of them; for example, while fighting Elegon, you have to make sure he gets stacks of a damage-increasing debuff in order to defeat him before he enrages, while running out of the central area from time to time to remove the stacks that you get.
Source: Damage-Increasing Debuff -
Everyone who's not running away is apparently completely oblivious to the increasing numbers of monsters and evil taking over.
Source: Easily Conquered World
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