Meaning escalate
What does escalate mean? Here you find 8 meanings of the word escalate. You can also add a definition of escalate yourself
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escalate1922, "to use an escalator," back-formation from escalator, replacing earlier verb escalade (1801), from the noun escalade. Escalate came into general use with a figurative sense of "ra [..]
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escalateTo walk with exceptional smoothness and graceful ease.
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escalatebecome greater or more serious
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escalateto increase.
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escalateincrease in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" (escalation) an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escal [..]
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escalateTo increase or become more. In wartime, it usually means that there are more battles.
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escalateto keep increasing.
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escalate(v) increase in extent or intensity
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