Definitions for escalates

escalates es·ca·late

Spelling: [es-kuh-leyt]
IPA: /ˈɛs kəˌleɪt/

Escalates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 341 anagrams from letters in escalates (aaceelsst).

Definitions for escalates

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.:
  2. to raise, lower, rise, or descend on or as if on an escalator.

Origin of escalates

First recorded in 1920-25; back formation from escalator

Examples for escalates

These skirmishes are expected to escalate and could eventually include rocket attacks into nearby Israeli towns.

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.

Given the potential for a cyber tit-for-tat to escalate, Obama has even more incentive to find a diplomatic solution.

My CNN column looks at what guns really do: escalate ordinary quarrels between neighbors into violent battles.

Perhaps that encourages them to escalate: if Sports Illustrated didn't check, why would anyone else?

Republicans should not use this as an excuse to escalate further, now that the main threat of retaliation has been removed.

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.

Since Sunday, senior U.S. officials have publicly warned Russia not to escalate the already delicate situation in the Ukraine.

Word Value for escalates
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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