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escalade

/ˌɛskəˈleɪd/US/ˈɛskəˌleɪd/

escalade noun: an act of scaling walls or fortifications.

Noun

escalade (plural escalades)

  1. An act of scaling walls or fortifications.
    • An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops.
    Synonyms:
    scalade

Verb

escalade (third-person singular simple present escalades, present participle escalading, simple past and past participle escaladed)

  1. (dated) To scale the walls of a fortification.

Synonyms of escalade

Forms of escalade

Noun
pluralescalades
Verb
third-person singular presentescalades
present participleescalading
past participleescaladed
pastescaladed

Plural of escalade: escalades

Origin of escalade

Borrowed from French escalade, from Italian scalata, from scalare (“to climb”), from scala (“ladder”), from Latin scālae (“ladder”). Doublet of scalade.

Words formed from escalade

Words that rhyme with escalade

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Questions about escalade

What does escalade mean?
Escalade means an act of scaling walls or fortifications.
What part of speech is escalade?
Escalade can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce escalade?
Escalade is pronounced /ˌɛskəˈleɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of escalade?
The plural of escalade is escalades.

Words near escalade in the dictionary

  1. escadrilles
  2. escae
  3. Escaich
  4. Escajeda
  5. Escajedas
  6. escalade
  7. escaladed
  8. escalader
  9. escaladers
  10. escalades
  11. escalading

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