escalation (redirected from On Escalation)

es·ca·late  (sk-lt)

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

v.tr.

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

v.intr.

To increase in intensity or extent: "a deepening long-term impasse that is certain to escalate" (Stewart L. Udall).

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[Back-formation from escalator.]

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esca·lation n.

esca·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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"

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escalation

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

Translations

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

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

escalation

n → Eskalation f

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