escalation Definition

upsurge, intensification, increase, spike, rise, deterioration, worsening, surge, rising, hardening, intensifying, exacerbation, increasing, spiral, outbreak, hike, resurgence, intensify, intensified, heightened, recrudescence, deepening, tightening, heightening, expansion, aggravation, spate, degradation, mounting, growth, tension, widening, scale, soar, spiralling, cycle, explosion, ascent, crescendo, overkill, indexation, progression, multiplication, aggravating, growing, ascension, climb, scaling, rose, strengthening, progressivity, enhancement, soared, upgrade, amplification, toughening, indexing, upgrading, climbing, propagation, escalade, scalability, propagating, mounted, fuelling, mount, gradation, mounts, query, climbers, journey, mountaineering, billowed, upgraded, promotions, enhancing, promotion, graduation, bottom-up, build-up, de-escalation, flare-up, radicalisation, re-emergence, scale-up, progressiveness, conflict, militarization, destabilization, bloodshed, uptick, continuation, pullback, instability, violence, slowdown, unrest, confrontation, disengagement, ceasefire,