verb🔗ShareTo increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up."The shooting escalated the existing hostility."actioneventprocesssituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIn technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority"The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2."technologyservicecommunicationjobinternetcomputingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
