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re-escalations

re-escalations is the plural of re-escalation.

Meaning of re-escalation

Noun

re-escalation (countable and uncountable, plural re-escalations)

  1. (uncountable) The process of escalating again.
    • In the opinion of His Majesty’s Government it is most important for political and other reasons that some limit should be fixed now, and it seems to them desirable, while avoiding any excessive increase, to fix a limit at such a level that reescalation is unlikely to be required again in the...1938, United States Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, volume 1, United States Government Printing Office, page 909
  2. (countable) An instance of escalating again.
    • Soviet deception may increase the likelihood of undetected non-compliance, although it also risks a re-escalation of the crisis.1946, Rand Corporation, The Rand Paper Series, self-published, page 5

Questions about re-escalations

What is re-escalations the plural of?
Re-escalations is the plural of re-escalation.

Words near re-escalations in the dictionary

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

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