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

Translations

escalation [ɛskəˈleɪʃən] n → escalade f

escalation [ɛskəˈleɪʃən] escalate n → Eskalation f

escalation [ɛskəˈleɪʃən] n → escalation f [of prices] → aumento