dramatically escalate
Frequency: 7.512.3 per million words
Emphasizes a very large and noticeable increase or worsening.
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- Tensions between the two countries dramatically escalated after the incident.
- Housing prices have dramatically escalated in major cities this year.
- The conflict dramatically escalated when both sides deployed additional troops.
- Healthcare costs are expected to dramatically escalate without reform.
- The situation dramatically escalated from a minor disagreement to a full crisis.
- Trade disputes could dramatically escalate if negotiations fail.
- Violence in the region has dramatically escalated over the past month.
- The company's debt problems dramatically escalated during the recession.
- Environmental concerns have dramatically escalated since the report was published.
- The protests dramatically escalated when police arrived on the scene.