Dawn Foster

A smart society recognises the benefits of treating problems before they escalate, either through helping people quit smoking or moving them out of mould-blighted bedsits. A compassionate society also tries to limit human misery and suffering wherever possible.

British Journalist

William Barr

It was once understood that resistance is a serious crime because it necessarily triggers an escalation of violence that endangers the life not only of the police office, but also the suspect.

American Public Servant

Barack Obama

We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope.

American President

Steve Garvey

Just from being with my grandmother, my maturity escalated. And now I'm in tune to the needs of people. It was a large responsibility, taking care of a human being.

American Athlete

Lyndon B. Johnson

Our numbers have increased in Vietnam because the aggression of others has increased in Vietnam. There is not, and there will not be, a mindless escalation.

Noam Chomsky

The American escalation of the war in Laos provoked a response by the Communist forces, which now control more of Laos than ever before.

American Activist

Helen Fisher

Kissing is not just kissing. It is a major escalation or de-escalation point in a powerful process of mate choice.

American Scientist

Drew Goddard

I've always said I'm less interested in twists as I am about escalation.

American Director

Bill Luther

It's almost inevitable there's going to be an escalation on both sides.

American Politician

Austin Rivers

I don't really like to escalate anything.

American Basketball Player

Used to describe situations that are growing worse or more intense.

Increasing Severity

Shows that an action has led to a more severe level of response.

Action Reaction

Implies that emotions or reactions have become stronger or more aggressive.

Emotional Intensification

Informs about a process advancing to a higher authority or level in a system.

Technical Hierarchy

Used when an issue needs attention from someone at a higher level.

Problem Progression

Describes the process of becoming more deeply or heavily involved in a situation.

Deepening Involvement

May suggest a situation is getting complicated or more difficult to resolve.

Negative Connotation

Refers to increasing something in stages, not all at once.

Gradual Increase

Indicates careful, planned growth or development over time.

Controlled Expansion

 It quickly escalates. And children tend to get into fights which escalate in terms of force. Now when I screamed at my children to stop, sometimes they would both say to me the other person hit them harder. Now I happen to know my children don't lie, so I thought, as a neuroscientist, it was important how I could explain

Daniel Wolpert: The real...

 before the last escalation of violence the lives they were living would hardly be imaginable to people fortunate enough to live in peace along with the great deal of land that the family has lost due to the establishment of the buffer zones the remaining land was considered to be too dangerous to use so workers

Through the shattered...

 failing to rethink their strategies. Escalation of commitment explains why you might have stuck around too long in a miserable job, why you've probably waited for a table way too long at a restaurant and why you might have hung on to a bad relationship long after your friends encouraged you to leave.

Adam Grant: What frogs...

 and to give practical guidelines to member states about how to avoid the escalation of further extremism. And the Alliance has told me that they are very happy to work with it. The importance of this is that this is -- I can see some of you starting to look worried,

Karen Armstrong: 2008...

 More than half the people now in the world live in cities, and that will just continue to escalate. Cities are places of celebration, personal expression. You have the flash mobs of pillow fights that -- I've been to a couple. They're quite fun. You have --

Kent Larson: Brilliant...

 to following the greatest ocean storms around the globe, in pursuit of riding the biggest waves in the world. As you continue to ride larger and larger waves, the stakes at play in order to do so, continue to escalate. Eventually, you get to a point,

Greg Long: Big Wave...

 that fear can’t hurt you, but holding on to it will escalate panic. Even if you’ve never had a panic attack, understanding them will help you identify one in yourself or someone else— and recognizing them is the first step in preventing them.

What causes panic...

 and innumerable other potential infections over the course of a lifetime. Without it, those threats would escalate into something far more dangerous. So the next time you catch a cold or scratch a mosquito bite, think of the immune system.

How does your immune...

 allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction, initial symptoms like high temperature, aching, and sore throat resemble those of a typical flu, but quickly escalate to vomiting,

What we know (and don't...

 unlike any the Corral workers have encountered before they are big and aggressive instead of backing down they meet the challenge head-on and the encounter begins to escalate for the

Escalate

To make or become greater or more serious.

Often appears as...

To move up or to a higher position.

Often appears as...

To involve (someone or something) more deeply.

Often appears as...

To increase step by step.

Often appears as...

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Increasing Severity

Action Reaction

Emotional Intensification

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