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reescalate

reescalate verb: to escalate again.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To escalate again.

Forms of reescalate

third-person singular presentreescalates
present participlereescalating
past participlereescalated
pastreescalated
alternative formre-escalate

Origin of reescalate

From re- + escalate.

Questions about reescalate

What does reescalate mean?
Reescalate means to escalate again.
What part of speech is reescalate?
Reescalate is a verb.
What is the past tense of reescalate?
The past tense of reescalate is reescalated.

Words near reescalate in the dictionary

  1. reeroded
  2. reerodes
  3. reeroding
  4. REERs
  5. rees
  6. reescalate
  7. reescalated
  8. reescalates
  9. reescalating
  10. reescalation
  11. reescalations

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