escalate a conflict
1escalate — [[t]e̱skəleɪt[/t]] escalates, escalating, escalated V ERG If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity. [JOURNALISM] Both unions and management fear the dispute could… …
2escalate — is a 1920s back formation from escalator (first recorded in 1900), and has burst the bounds of meaning that a word for a moving staircase might be expected to impose. Not surprisingly, escalate is now rarely used in its first meaning ‘to travel… …
3escalate — ☆ escalate [es′kə lāt΄ ] vi. escalated, escalating [back form. < ESCALATOR] 1. to rise on or as on an escalator 2. to expand step by step, as from a limited or local conflict into a general, esp. nuclear, war 3. to grow or increase rapidly,… …
4escalate — verb 1 become/make sth worse ADVERB ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ gradually, steadily ▪ Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating. ▪ The risks gradually escalate …
5escalate — v. (D; intr.) to escalate into (the local war escalated into a major conflict) * * * [ eskəleɪt] (D; intr.) to escalate into (the local war escalated into a major conflict) …
6Conflict resolution — Psychology …
7conflict — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 fight/argument ADJECTIVE ▪ great, major ▪ bitter, brutal, serious, violent ▪ escalating, increasing …
8Bicholim conflict — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Bicholim Conflict caption= partof= date=Mid 1640 early 1641 place=North Goa particularly in region of Bicholim, Pernem and Bardez result= Treaty of non aggression combatant1=Maratha Empire, Local villagers… …
9Ethnic conflict — An ethnic conflict or ethnic war is a war between ethnic groups often as a result of ethnic nationalism. They are of interest because of the apparent prevalence since the Cold War and because they frequently result in war crimes such as genocide …
10Image and Reality of the Israel–Palestine Conflict — Image and Reality of the Israel Palestine Conflict is a controversial book by Norman G. Finkelstein. It is a study of the Israeli Palestinian conflict by the author of The Holocaust Industry . Finkelstein examines and scrutinizes popular… …
