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[ noun ] an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy
Examples "higher wages caused an escalation of prices" or "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities" Used in print ("Editorials"...)They predicted escalation , and escalation is what we are getting . They predicted escalation , and escalation is what we are getting . And now , of_course , the hue_and_cry for counter escalation is being raised on our side . So escalation proceeds , ad_infinitum or , more accurately , until the contestants begin dropping them on each other instead_of on their respective proving_grounds . The escalation must end sometime , and probably quite soon . |
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