- escalatory
- adjective see escalate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
escalatory
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escalatory — See escalation. * * * … Universalium
escalatory — es·ca·la·to·ry … English syllables
escalatory — adjective see escalation II … Useful english dictionary
de-escalatory — adjective see de escalate … New Collegiate Dictionary
de-escalatory — See de escalation. * * * … Universalium
de-escalatory — de es·ca·la·to·ry … English syllables
de-escalatory — ləˌtōrē adjective : of or relating to de escalation … Useful english dictionary
Presidential Reserve Callup Authority — Provision of a public law (US Code, Title 10 (DOD), section 12304) that provides the President a means to activate, without a declaration of national emergency, not more than 200,000 members of the Selected Reserve and the Individual Ready… … Military dictionary
de-escalate — verb Date: 1964 transitive verb limit 2b intransitive verb to decrease in extent, volume, or scope • de escalation noun • de escalatory adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
escalate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: back formation from escalator Date: 1944 intransitive verb to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope < a little war threatens to escalate into a huge ugly one Arnold Abrams > transitive… … New Collegiate Dictionary
