Escalate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 266 anagrams from letters in escalate (aaceelst).
First recorded in 1920-25; back formation from escalator
They exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments, and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it.
It does, and certainly has, helped to escalate the crisis by having this militaristic response to it.
Given the potential for a cyber tit-for-tat to escalate, Obama has even more incentive to find a diplomatic solution.
These skirmishes are expected to escalate and could eventually include rocket attacks into nearby Israeli towns.
Republicans should not use this as an excuse to escalate further, now that the main threat of retaliation has been removed.
There are several verbal confrontations between the two that escalate throughout the film.
Washington, in particular, has been loath to do anything that might escalate.
Perhaps that encourages them to escalate: if Sports Illustrated didn't check, why would anyone else?
Since Sunday, senior U.S. officials have publicly warned Russia not to escalate the already delicate situation in the Ukraine.
My CNN column looks at what guns really do: escalate ordinary quarrels between neighbors into violent battles.
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