激化(げきか)

げきか
noun / suru verb
intensification, escalation
1. intensification, escalation
The process of becoming more severe, intense, or extreme. Used for conflicts, competition, weather, and other phenomena that can worsen.
競争(きょうそう)が激化(げきか)している。
Competition is intensifying.
紛争(ふんそう)が激化(げきか)する恐(おそ)れがある。
There is a risk that the conflict will escalate.
地球(ちきゅう)温暖化(おんだんか)の影響(えいきょう)で、自然(しぜん)災害(さいがい)が激化(げきか)していると言(い)われている。
It is said that natural disasters are intensifying due to the effects of global warming.

USAGE:
Used in news and formal writing to describe situations that are becoming more severe. Typically appears as 激化(げきか)する (to intensify) or 激化(げきか)している (is intensifying).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 競争(きょうそう)が激化(げきか)する: competition intensifies
  • 紛争(ふんそう)が激化(げきか)する: a conflict escalates
  • 対立(たいりつ)が激化(げきか)する: opposition intensifies
  • 激化(げきか)の一途(いっと)をたどる: to continue to escalate
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