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1 escalate
B vi [conflict, violence] s'intensifier ; [prices, inflation] monter en flèche, s'envoler ; [unemployment] augmenter rapidement ; to escalate into a major crisis se transformer en crise grave. -
2 escalate
escalate ['eskəleɪt](a) (prices etc) monter (en flèche)(b) (war, situation etc) s'aggraver;∎ small incidents can easily escalate into a world war de simples incidents (militaires) peuvent facilement mener à une guerre mondiale -
3 escalate
escalate [ˈeskəleɪt][fighting, bombing, violence] s'intensifier ; [tension, hostilities, costs] monter en flèche* * *['eskəleɪt] 1.transitive verb intensifier [war, problem, efforts]; aggraver [inflation]2.intransitive verb [conflict, violence] s'intensifier; [prices] monter en flèche; [unemployment] augmenter rapidement -
4 escalate
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5 escalate
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6 de-escalate
A vtr faire baisser [tension, violence] ; désamorcer [crisis] ; faire entrer [qch] dans la phase de désescalade [war] ; enrayer l'escalade de [arms race].B vi [tension, violence] baisser ; [arms race] ralentir ; [crisis] se désamorcer ; [war] entrer en phase de désescalade. -
7 de-escalate
de-escalate ['di:-]Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > de-escalate
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8 to de-escalate
Pol. mettre fin au processus d'escalade; fam. calmer le jeuEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to de-escalate
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9 to escalate
s'aggraver; s'intensifier; s'emballer; augmenter; grimper; s'envenimer; dégénérer; monter d'un/de plusieurs cran(s) [CL]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to escalate
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10 de-escalate
[ˌdiː'eskəleɪt] 1.transitive verb faire baisser [tension, violence]; désamorcer [crisis]2.intransitive verb [tension, violence] baisser; [arms race] ralentir; [crisis] se désamorcer
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escalate — 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… … Modern English usage
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escalate — ☆ 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,… … English World dictionary
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escalate — UK [ˈeskəleɪt] / US [ˈeskəˌleɪt] verb Word forms escalate : present tense I/you/we/they escalate he/she/it escalates present participle escalating past tense escalated past participle escalated 1) [intransitive/transitive] to become much worse or … English dictionary
escalate — verb 1 become/make sth worse ADVERB ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ gradually, steadily ▪ Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating. ▪ The risks gradually escalate … Collocations dictionary
escalate — 01. The argument outside the pub quickly [escalated] into a fistfight. 02. Prices for certain vegetables have [escalated] due to poor weather conditions in California last year. 03. Tensions in the region have [escalated] in the past few months,… … Grammatical examples in English
escalate — es|ca|late [ˈeskəleıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: escalator] 1.) if fighting, violence, or a bad situation escalates, or if someone escalates it, it becomes much worse escalate into ▪ Her fear was escalating into panic. ▪ The fighting… … Dictionary of contemporary English