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1 escalate
'eskəleit(to increase or enlarge rapidly: Prices are escalating.) aumentartr['eskəleɪt]1 (war) intensificar, agravar1 (war, violence, etc) intensificarse, agravarse2 (prices etc) aumentar, subir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto escalate in/into terminar en, degenerar en: intensificar (un conflicto), aumentar (precios)escalate vi: intensificarse, aumentarsev.• escalar v.• intensificar v.'eskəleɪt
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a) \<\<fighting/violence/dispute\>\> intensificarse*; \<\<prices/claims\>\> aumentarb) escalating pres p <dispute/tension> crecienteescalating wages/prices — sueldos/precios en continuo aumento or que van en escalada
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vt \<\<fighting/tension\>\> intensificar*; \<\<demands\>\> aumentar['eskǝleɪt]1. VI1) [costs, prices] subir vertiginosamenteescalating costs — costes mpl que van en continuo aumento
the cost of the project has escalated to £8.7 million — el coste del proyecto ha subido vertiginosamente a 8,7 millones de libras
2) [violence, tension, conflict] intensificarsethe violence could escalate into a war — la violencia podría intensificarse hasta llegar a una guerra
2.VT [+ conflict] intensificar; [+ demands] aumentar* * *['eskəleɪt]
1.
a) \<\<fighting/violence/dispute\>\> intensificarse*; \<\<prices/claims\>\> aumentarb) escalating pres p <dispute/tension> crecienteescalating wages/prices — sueldos/precios en continuo aumento or que van en escalada
2.
vt \<\<fighting/tension\>\> intensificar*; \<\<demands\>\> aumentar
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