| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| crescendos | A progressive increase in force or intensity |
| crescendo | A progressive increase in force or intensity |
| crescendoing | Increase in loudness or intensity |
| crescendoes | Increase in loudness or intensity |
| crescendoed | Increase in loudness or intensity |
| snowballing | Increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance |
| snowballed | Increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance |
| waxing | to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, or power. |
| aggrandize | to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend. |
| escalation | An increase in the intensity or seriousness of something; an intensification |
| amplify | make larger or greater (as in amount, importance, or intensity) increase |
| escalations | An increase in the intensity or seriousness of something; an intensification |
