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# escalation

noun (escalation; an escalation, escalations)

«escalation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Escalation is when something becomes bigger, worse or more serious, step by step, like a fight or a war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#m1)
2. A rise in amounts or prices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In news (escalation of a conflict) and in PSHE lessons on conflict: shouting, then pushing, then fighting is escalation; «de-escalation» means calming things down. Phrases: «escalation of violence», «avoid escalation», «de-escalation».

### Examples

- Name-calling led to an escalation, and soon they were pushing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x1)
- Leaders met to stop the escalation of the war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x2)
- There was an escalation in prices at the shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x3)
- Walking away can prevent escalation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x4)
- The teacher stopped the argument before any escalation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x5)
- The escalation of the storm forced us inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/#x6)

### Note

Verb: «escalate». Opposite: «de-escalation». Related: «escalator» (moving stairs), which goes up step by step too.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «escalation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escalation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«escalation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/escalation.html) on Mova free.