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What (who) is escalate$25904$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Escalation Ladder; Escalate; Escalation (disambiguation); Escalation (film); Escalation (1968 film)
escalate
(escalates, escalating, escalated)
If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity. (JOURNALISM)
Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate...
The protests escalated into five days of rioting...
Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.
VERB: V, V into n, V n
• escalation (escalations)
The threat of nuclear escalation remains.
...a sudden escalation of violence.
N-VAR
escalation
see escalate
escalate
['?sk?le?t]
¦ verb
1. increase rapidly.
2. become or make more intense or serious.
Derivatives
escalation noun
Origin
1920s (in the sense 'travel on an escalator'): back-form. from escalator.
Wikipedia
Escalation
Escalation is the process of increasing or rising, derived from the concept of an escalator. Specific uses of the term include:
- Cost escalation, an increase in the price of goods
- Conflict escalation, an increase in the intensity of a conflict
- Escalation of commitment, an aspect of game theory
- Privilege escalation, a computer security process
- Technological escalation, a technological version of an arms race
