Associations to the word «Escalation»
Noun
- Addiction
- Tactic
- Soviet
- Angola
- Peace
- Genocide
- Level
- Force
- Chemical
- Factor
- Defense
- Clause
- Behavior
- Revolt
- Possibility
- Policy
- Diffusion
- Arab
- Drug
- Frustration
- Demonstration
- Iran
- Increase
- Parti
- Deployment
- Query
- Concession
- Doctrine
- Demand
- Nationalism
- Scale
- Counter
- Tumor
- Salary
- Killing
- Integrity
- Churchill
- Russia
- Administration
- Lead
- Consequence
- Launch
- Compliance
- Gang
- Probability
- Remainder
- Reactor
- Algeria
- Assurance
- Hypothesis
- Large
- Winston
- Un
- Reduction
- Failure
- Korea
- Militia
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ESCALATION, noun. An increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
ESCALATION, noun. A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
ESCALATION PLAN, noun. (call center jargon) A plan that specifies actions be taken when the telephone queue begins to build beyond acceptable levels.
Dictionary definition
ESCALATION, noun. An increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.