escalate
to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.: to escalate a war; a time when prices escalate.
to raise, lower, rise, or descend on or as if on an escalator.
Origin of escalate
1pronunciation note For escalate
Other words for escalate
Opposites for escalate
Other words from escalate
- es·ca·la·tion, noun
- es·ca·la·to·ry [es-kuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈɛs kə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- non·es·ca·lat·ing, adjective
- non·es·ca·la·to·ry, adjective
- re·es·ca·late, verb, re·es·ca·lat·ed, re·es·ca·lat·ing.
- re·es·ca·la·tion, noun
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How to use escalate in a sentence
The talks around the TikTok ban have escalated fast into reality as countries continue to investigate the potential security threat and the platform’s data and security policies.
What you must know about TikTok for business | Connie Benton | September 17, 2020 | Search Engine WatchApple further escalated its fight with Epic Games, filing a countersuit to stop the game maker from using its own payment system for Fortnite.
Apple countersues Epic over ‘unlawful’ Fortnite payment system | Verne Kopytoff | September 8, 2020 | FortuneIn response to the latest demand, Intuit’s lawyers took the rare step of escalating matters, filing a petition asking FTC commissioners to step in and significantly narrow the scope of what it had to produce.
The FTC Is Investigating Intuit Over TurboTax Practices | by Justin Elliott | September 8, 2020 | ProPublicaThe investigator said he would escalate the case and see if the facility had submitted any other suspect claims.
A Doctor Went to His Own Employer for a COVID-19 Antibody Test. It Cost $10,984. | by Marshall Allen | September 5, 2020 | ProPublicaAmid escalating border tensions, India is staging a trade war of sorts against China.
What is India trying to achieve from a trade standoff with China? | Niharika Sharma | September 3, 2020 | Quartz
Given the potential for a cyber tit-for-tat to escalate, Obama has even more incentive to find a diplomatic solution.
Obama Could Hit China to Punish North Korea | Shane Harris, Tim Mak | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt does, and certainly has, helped to escalate the crisis by having this militaristic response to it.
Rory Kennedy on ‘Last Days in Vietnam,’ the Parallels Between Vietnam and Iraq, and Ferguson | Marlow Stern | September 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf Rwanda does cross the border in response, it would significantly escalate the war and humanitarian crisis.
Obama’s Africa Summit and the New Danger in Congo | Sasha Lezhnev, John Prendergast | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most important thing, he and these experts agreed, was finding an environment where slights never escalate to violence.
Washington, in particular, has been loath to do anything that might escalate.
British Dictionary definitions for escalate
/ (ˈɛskəˌleɪt) /
to increase or be increased in extent, intensity, or magnitude: to escalate a war; prices escalated because of inflation
Origin of escalate
1Derived forms of escalate
- escalation, noun
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