RAMPED (UP) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ramped (up)

verb

past tense of ramp (up)

as in jacked (up)

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Under Obama, the FBI and other agencies stepped up efforts to crack down on Chinese espionage.

— DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
North Korea has also stepped up weapons testing activity as its leader Kim Jong Un expands his military nuclear program while taking an increasingly hard line toward Seoul.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

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OpenAI’s report on influence campaigns mounted using its technology also described a cluster of ChatGPT accounts in Russia that were banned after they were used to operate what appeared to be a fake think tank in Latin America.

— Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Since the start of the war in Ukraine almost five years ago, Russia has mounted ever more aggressive attacks in Europe, far from the battlefield.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026

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Many attendees opted for all-black as well as strapless gowns, and off-the-shoulder dresses elevated by dark jewels, floral patterns, and mixed textures.

— Aaron Royce, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026
During her tenure at IMA at Newfields, Tate significantly elevated the profile of women artists and artists of color, through both acquisitions and programming.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026

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Lovato’s dress, courtesy of Fanci Club, was a deep shade of eggplant purple and topped off with a scarlet-red lace bralette, making for a brazen club-friendly outfit only enhanced by the even more noticeable shoes.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Coastal flooding impacts on Sunday could be similar to other days, or greatly enhanced.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of enhanced

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Degroote says Fox acquired the format after executives watched the French adaptation, which significantly expanded the scale of the original Norwegian concept.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Hyun, who has made AI films including Crypto Man and Genfluencer, expanded on this topic.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of expanded

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This meant the next generations of stars, POP II and POP I, stars were progressively more metal-enriched.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
An operating commercial nuclear reactor in the United States is set to receive the world’s first fuel reload enriched beyond long-standing industry limits.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

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