Definition of "escalated" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of escalate. (verb)

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• "Dan Moore during his term escalated more, and sort of hit the apex during my term."
• "I called back and told them it was not acceptable so they again escalated my case and ended up getting my part to me on February 10th."
• "But the ugly reality is that as governor for only two-and-a-half years, Sarah Palin escalated a bloody aerial wolf-slaughter campaign that continues to this very day."