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1 escalate
['eskəleɪt] 1. 2.verbo intransitivo [ conflict] intensificarsi, aggravarsi; [ violence] intensificarsi; [ prices] salire, aumentare; [ unemployment] aumentare, crescere* * *['eskəleit](to increase or enlarge rapidly: Prices are escalating.) aumentare* * *['eskəleɪt] 1. 2.verbo intransitivo [ conflict] intensificarsi, aggravarsi; [ violence] intensificarsi; [ prices] salire, aumentare; [ unemployment] aumentare, crescere -
2 escalate
intensificare; inoltrare -
3 escalate es·ca·late
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4 (to) escalate
(to) escalate /ˈɛskəleɪt/A v. t.(polit.) aumentare; intensificare: to escalate the war, intensificare le operazioni bellicheB v. i.1 (polit.) intensificarsi; aggravarsi -
5 (to) escalate
(to) escalate /ˈɛskəleɪt/A v. t.(polit.) aumentare; intensificare: to escalate the war, intensificare le operazioni bellicheB v. i.1 (polit.) intensificarsi; aggravarsi -
6 (to) de-escalate
(to) de-escalate /di:ˈɛskəleɪt/ (spec. polit., mil.)v. t.diminuire, ridurre ( la tensione, ecc.)de-escalationn. [u]diminuzione, riduzione ( della tensione, ecc.). -
7 (to) de-escalate
(to) de-escalate /di:ˈɛskəleɪt/ (spec. polit., mil.)v. t.diminuire, ridurre ( la tensione, ecc.)de-escalationn. [u]diminuzione, riduzione ( della tensione, ecc.). -
8 de-escalate vt
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9 de-escalate
[ˌdiː'eskəleɪt] 1.verbo transitivo diminuire, ridurre [tension, violence]; frenare, ridurre [ crisis]2.verbo intransitivo [tension, violence, crisis] ridursi, diminuire* * *[ˌdiː'eskəleɪt] 1.verbo transitivo diminuire, ridurre [tension, violence]; frenare, ridurre [ crisis]2.verbo intransitivo [tension, violence, crisis] ridursi, diminuire -
10 de-escalation
de-escalation► to de-escalate
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