Verb

(head)

(intensify)

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}

Verb

(head)

(escalate)

Verb

(transitive'' and ''intransitive )

to increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up

Violence escalated during the election.

The shooting escalated the existing hostility.

in technical support, to transfer a telephone caller to the next higher level of authority

The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.