This is the 9368th most frequent Korean word.
격화되고
"Becoming intensified" or "escalating."
In this sentence, '격화되고' is used to describe a state where a conflict or dispute is becoming more intense or heated.
논쟁이 격화되고 있는 상황에서 중재가 필요하다.
Mediation is needed in a situation where the conflict is intensifying.
Here, '격화되고' is used in the progressive form to describe ongoing escalation of economic issues.
격화되고 있던 경제 문제들이 새로운 정책으로 완화되었다.
Economic issues that were intensifying have been mitigated by the new policy.
In this usage, '격화되고' indicates that social tensions had already escalated, and this change led to a subsequent realization.