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escalate
[ es-kuh-leyt ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
to escalate a war; a time when prices escalate.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: , ,
- to raise, lower, rise, or descend on or as if on an escalator.
escalate
/ ˈɛəˌɪ /
verb
- to increase or be increased in extent, intensity, or magnitude
prices escalated because of inflation
to escalate a war
Pronunciation Note
Derived Forms
- ˌˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- c·tDz noun
- ···ٴ· [es, -k, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
- ԴDz·c·iԲ adjective
- ԴDz·c··ٴr adjective
- ·c·ٱ verb reescalated reescalating
- e··tDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of escalate1
Example Sentences
“He mentioned that he liked the idea of Sinatra having a real humanity to her,” says Nicholson, who in flashbacks is soft and in the story’s present all brittle, escalating fierceness.
Beijing then imposed more export controls on rare earth minerals as part of an escalating trade war with the US, sparked by Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs in April.
As President Trump ramps up his deportation agenda and escalates his showdown with Democratic-led states and cities over immigration enforcement, Bonta signaled that California would not let up scrutinizing facility conditions for detained immigrants.
All told, Knappenberger’s approach applies much-needed but heretofore scarcely presented doses of cynicism to America’s motivations for prosecuting and escalating this war.
He kept escalating the war in Vietnam, while secretly also bombing Laos and Cambodia.
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