Synonyms for escalation
es·ca·la·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. escalationnoun

   an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy

   "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"

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1. • Increase

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1. List of paraphrases for "escalation":

   escalating, intensification, escalade, climbing, progressivity, scaling, escalate, spiral, aggravation, upsurge, escalated, upgrading, exacerbation, rise, increase, escalations, climb, de-escalation, upgrade, escalates, intensifying, worsening

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1. Donald Trump:

   Without a resolution to the U.S.-China trade dispute, we see limited upside for stocks in the near-term, and given the risks of further escalation we hold a modest tactical underweight on equities.

2. Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh:

   It is every parents nightmare to lose a child. Its been a heavy and black night in Malmo, weve been in this situation before with similar events. This is what the police have warned about, namely an escalation of cruel and reckless violence in Malmo.

3. Sebastiano Cardi:

   We hope that Pyongyang will refrain from any other further escalation because it is not what we hope for.

4. Tulsi Gabbard:

   It angers and saddens me that President Trump has taken the advice of war hawks and escalated our illegal regime change war to overthrow the Syrian government—this escalation is short-sighted and will lead to more dead civilians, more refugees, the strengthening of al-Qaeda and other terrorists, and a direct confrontation between the United States and Russia—which could lead to nuclear war, this Administration has acted recklessly without care or consideration of the dire consequences of the United States attack on Syria without waiting for the collection of evidence from the scene of the chemical poisoning.

5. Laura Usher:

   A big chunk of the training is verbal de-escalation skills.