Answer:

escalate

Answer	Crossword Clue
ESCALATE	Step up
ESCALATE	Snowball
ESCALATE	Intensify

ESCALATE	Grow more intense
ESCALATE	Heat up
ESCALATE	Up the ante
ESCALATE	Swell
ESCALATE	Kick up
ESCALATE	Increase in intensity
ESCALATE	Ascend without walking.
ESCALATE	Step up.

ESCALATE	Increase in intensity.
ESCALATE	Intensify.
ESCALATE	Carry up
ESCALATE	Increase rapidly, as prices
ESCALATE	Increase
ESCALATE	Raise
ESCALATE	Mount
ESCALATE	Increase a conflict

ESCALATE	Grow rapidly
ESCALATE	Rise
ESCALATE	Go up
ESCALATE	Jack up
ESCALATE	Increase quickly

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.