| violence escalate | 10.01 | The violence only escalated. | ||
| tension escalate | 6.65 | And tensions are escalating. | ||
| war escalate | 3.36 | The war has only escalated since. | ||
| conflict escalate | 3.03 | The conflicts are escalating. | ||
| situation escalate | 2.11 | But the situation soon escalated. | ||
| cost escalate | 2.04 | The costs have escalated. | ||
| dispute escalate | 1.97 | The dispute quickly escalated. | ||
| crisis escalate | 1.71 | The political crisis escalated. | ||
| confrontation escalate | 1.65 | Confrontations escalate in South Korea. | ||
| protest escalate | 1.58 | As the protests escalated, so did the anger. | ||
| argument escalate | 1.25 | The argument escalated. | ||
| incident escalate | 1.12 | The incident escalated the controversy over allegations of racial profiling. | ||
| price escalate | 1.12 | Prices are escalating too. | ||
| problem escalate | 1.12 | The problem is escalating. | ||
| fight escalate | 1.05 | The political fight is escalating. | ||
| clash escalate | 0.99 | He also warned that the clashes might escalate. | ||
| guerrilla escalate | 0.99 | Salahuddin vowed that Kashmiri guerrillas will escalate their attacks against Indian forces in Kashmir. | ||
| attack escalate | 0.86 | Rebel attacks escalated in June. | ||
| rebel escalate | 0.86 | The rebels had escalated their attacks in the east to try to ease pressure on them in the north. | ||
| unrest escalate | 0.72 | The unrest escalated and spread quickly, with sympathy protests by Protestants throughout the province. |