escalation
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5.7
- noun
- /ˌɛskəˈleɪʃən/
:
escalada
- The government issued a warning about the escalation of tensions in the region, urging citizens to stay alert.
- prevent escalation
- avoid escalation
- lead to escalation
How do we avoid this kind of escalation of a hot war?
- How do we avoid this kind of escalation of a hot war?
- And what we saw here was it was an escalation of this competition.
- But it's terrifying, the escalation of this kind of language.
- And perhaps you could justify an escalation of war to be that, but I don't.
- And, and, and it was an escalation of force.
- And so we're caught in this almost cycle of escalation that really very few of us want.
- All of this setting us on a path of infinite escalation that risks ending in disaster.
- Of course, this is clearly an escalation.
- You use it if certain, if things reach a certain stage of escalation.
- But again, this doesn't change my fears of an escalation here.
- And that's where I mean, they, they started from there and then the, the escalation of allegations started.
- Yeah, it's because of the threat of escalation.
- It's a scary, grim momentum that is unpredictable and the chances of miscalculation and escalation are growing.
- And this is this was one of our key tools throughout the Cold War to avoid escalation into nuclear use.
- Pretty pretty quick escalation to spice.
Examples
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How do we avoid this kind of escalation of a hot war?
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However, the escalation of violence in Kosovo and Metohija prompted direct involvement of the international community.
Academic text (1999) -
And what we saw here was it was an escalation of this competition.
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And so we're caught in this almost cycle of escalation that really very few of us want.
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Of course, now we are expecting further escalation from Israel in terms of a response.
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But it's terrifying, the escalation of this kind of language.
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Mr. Ban holds rebel forces responsible for the escalation of military operations in Aleppo.
Blog text (11) -
Last week's murders marked a grim escalation in the already deeply divided nation.
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The policies reveal a three-phase pattern of reactive escalation in response to the expanding threat.
Academic text (1992) -
It's a scary, grim momentum that is unpredictable and the chances of miscalculation and escalation are growing.
Synonyms
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1.0
A rise that happens over time and makes something larger
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4.2
A sudden big rise in amount or number
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3.6
An increase in amount, level, or strength
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5.0
A sudden strong increase in activity or interest
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5.5
Making something stronger or more intense
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8.6
A worsening of a problem, conflict, or health symptoms, for example more pain
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4.6
An increase in how strong or serious something becomes
A sudden rise in the number or amount of something
Antonyms
Compounds
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word escalation comes from the Latin word scala, which means 'ladder', and you can see the same idea in escalator. So an escalation is when something 'climbs' higher, becoming more serious or more expensive.