escalatory
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]escalatory (not comparable)
- Involving or relating to escalation.
- 1998, Paul Francis Diehl, The Dynamics of Enduring Rivalries, page 105:
- The pattern of gradually increasing severity fits with the general image of an escalatory conflict model.
- 2023 May 28, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: Jeremy Fleming”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
- Is there an escalatory ladder in cyber, the same as with weapons of mass destruction?