Thus money in circulation drops, and price escalation quietens down.
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Escalation
//ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "escalation" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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14 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَصْعِيد noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Armenian
2 entries- էսկալացիա noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- սրում noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Belarusian
1 entries- эскала́цыя noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ескала́ция noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- повиша́ване noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
- пока́чване noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 升級 /升级 noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- 擴大 /扩大 noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- 擴戰 /扩战 noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Dutch
2 entries- escalatie noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
- escalatie noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Finnish
4 entries- eskalaatio noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
- eskalaatio noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- eskaloituminen noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
- eskaloituminen noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
French
1 entries- escalade noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
German
2 entries- Eskalation noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
- Eskalation noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Greek
1 entries- κλιμάκωση noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Hungarian
2 entries- eszkaláció noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- kiterjesztés noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Italian
2 entries- aumento del conflitto noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- intensificazione noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Japanese
2 entries- エスカレーション noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- 拡大 noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Korean
3 entries- 에스컬레이션 noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- 확대 noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- 확전 noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Polish
3 entries- eskalacja noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
- eskalacja noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- nasilenie noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
Portuguese
1 entries- escalada noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Romanian
1 entries- escaladare noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Russian
4 entries- обостре́ние noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- повыше́ние noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
- рост noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
- увеличе́ние noun (an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy)
Sicilian
1 entries- scalata noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Spanish
2 entries- escalada noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- escalamiento noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Swedish
2 entries- eskalering noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- upptrappning noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Turkish
2 entries- tırmanma noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
- tırmanış noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ескала́ція noun (a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Vladimir Putin said that in the event of an escalation of violence against the Russian-speaking population in Crimea and the eastern regions of Ukraine, Russia could not hold back and would take the measures necessary within the framework of international law.
Source: tatoeba (8100482)
This is a serious escalation between Algeria and Morocco.
Source: tatoeba (8594047)
How will the Algerian government respond to this escalation by Morocco?
Source: tatoeba (8594049)
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