escalation

Noun

Meaning

an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ascension escalade development addition growth increase spike maximization levitation aggravation spread rise expansion advance extension
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Antonyms

restoration degradation accession accommodation adjustment amends
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Hypernyms

increase step-up

Related terms

escalatory

Phrases with the word

cost escalation escalation of weapons exponential escalation function dose escalation package escalation price escalation

Examples

These are the strategic dialectics of anti-imperialist struggle: through the defensive reactions of the system, the escalation of counterrevolution, the transformation of the political martial law into military martial law, the enemy betrays himself, becomes visible. Ulrike Meinhof

The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an escalation of suffering on both sides. Nhat Hanh

No one would have expected [the escalation of nuclear hostilities], but then again, no one would have expected the dead to rise, now would they? Only one could have foreseen this, and I don't believe in him anymore. Max Brooks

In two nights you're going to have the Republican candidates here. They all support the war. They all support the president. They all supported the escalation. Each of us is trying in our own way to bring the war to an end. Hillary Clinton

[W]ithout an agreement imposed from the outside, our situation will deteriorate to that of a second Vietnam, to a war in constant escalation without the prospect of ultimate resolution. Yeshayahu Leibowitz

We've protected thousands of people in Libya; we have not seen a single U.S. casualty; there's no risks of additional escalation. This operation is limited in time and in scope. Barack Obama

Close letter words and terms

escalating spiral escalating trait escalatingly escalation clause escalation dominance escalation hypothesis