Escalation
[n] an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"
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apotheosis, ascent, assumption, beatification, canonization, deification, elevation, enshrinement, erection, exaltation, height, lifting, raising, rearing, sursum corda, upbuoying, upcast, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upping, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust