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v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escalate.

"The dilemma escalates on the day you wake up and realize that your choices are not really the issue here, and that the work load in your institution is not distributed in any kind of an equitable, thoughtful or even well-managed way."

escalated    escalates    escalating   

increase   

escalator   

redouble   

deescalate