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es·ca·late

(ĕs′kə-lāt′)

v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates

v.intr.

To increase in intensity, extent, or amount: tensions that escalated into violence.

v.tr.

1. To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf.

2. To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy: escalated the customer's complaint.

[Back-formation from escalator.]

es′ca·la′tion n.

es′ca·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.

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escalation

A deliberate or unpremeditated increase in scope or violence of a conflict.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

escalation - an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"

step-up, increase - the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

escalation

noun increase, rise, build-up, expansion, heightening, developing, acceleration, upsurge, intensification, amplification a sudden escalation of unrest in the south-eastern region

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escalation

noun

The act of increasing or rising:

aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn.

Translations

تَصْعيد، زِيادَة حِدَّة

forøgelsestigning

stigmögnun

vystupňovanie

escalation

[ˌeskəˈleɪʃən] N [of costs, prices] → aumento m (vertiginoso), escalada f; [of tension, conflict] → intensificación f; [of violence] → intensificación f, escalada f
the threat of nuclear escalation remains → sigue en pie la amenaza de una intensificación del conflicto nuclear

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

escalation

[ˌɛskəˈleɪʃ^ən] n [conflict] → escalade f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

escalation

n → Eskalation f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

escalation

[ˌɛskəˈleɪʃ/ən] n → escalation f inv; (of prices) → aumento

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

escalate

(ˈeskəleit) verb

to increase or enlarge rapidly. Prices are escalating.

ˌescaˈlation noun

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