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re-escalate

re-escalate is the alternative form of reescalate.

Meaning of reescalate

Verb

reescalate (third-person singular simple present reescalates, present participle reescalating, simple past and past participle reescalated)

  1. (transitive) To escalate again.

Forms of re-escalate

pluralre-escalates

Questions about re-escalate

What is re-escalate the alternative form of?
Re-escalate is the alternative form of reescalate.

Words near re-escalate in the dictionary

  1. re-erected
  2. re-erecting
  3. re-erection
  4. re-erections
  5. re-erects
  6. re-escalate
  7. re-escalation
  8. re-escalations
  9. re-est.
  10. re-establish
  11. re-established

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