escalate means: Bring someone to the climax. (in Community Dictionary, added by Luciano Fernández)

What else does escalate mean?

  • Get more or less serious. (in Community Dictionary, added by Campbell Ward)
  • Increase in intensity, amount, or extent. (in AZ Dictionary)
  • Increase, intensify, or enlarge. (in AZ Dictionary)
  • Passing (a case or transaction) to another level of an organization hierarchy. (in AZ Dictionary)