escalatoryadj.

Etymology: < escalate v. + -ory suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈescaˌlatory.

Tending to escalate or increase by successive stages, esp. of the development of nuclear weapons; characteristic of or conducive to escalation.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing progressively

feeding1641

rolling1719

snowballing1861

spiralling1944

escalatory1965

society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > provided with nuclear weapons > increasing development of nuclear weapons

escalatory1965

1965 H. Kahn On Escalation xii. 230 A situation is made largely escalatory or de-escalatory by the net balance of these elements.

1968 N.Y. Times 13 Mar. 46 These escalatory measures may be necessary, it is argued, in order to strengthen our increasingly difficult position in South Vietnam.

1980 Sci. Amer. Apr. 42/2 NATO's chemical weapons would add little to the deterrence of chemical warfare unless the retaliation threatened were highly escalatory.

1983 Times 8 Jan. 7/6 What factor, other than any proposed by CND, has a good chance of changing the escalatory effect of Russian/American insistence that new weaponry is justified because it will enable the possessor to negotiate reduction from strength?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	escalatory
释义	escalatoryadj. Etymology: < escalate v. + -ory suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈescaˌlatory. Tending to escalate or increase by successive stages, esp. of the development of nuclear weapons; characteristic of or conducive to escalation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing progressively feeding1641 rolling1719 snowballing1861 spiralling1944 escalatory1965 society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > provided with nuclear weapons > increasing development of nuclear weapons escalatory1965 1965 H. Kahn On Escalation xii. 230 A situation is made largely escalatory or de-escalatory by the net balance of these elements. 1968 N.Y. Times 13 Mar. 46 These escalatory measures may be necessary, it is argued, in order to strengthen our increasingly difficult position in South Vietnam. 1980 Sci. Amer. Apr. 42/2 NATO's chemical weapons would add little to the deterrence of chemical warfare unless the retaliation threatened were highly escalatory. 1983 Times 8 Jan. 7/6 What factor, other than any proposed by CND, has a good chance of changing the escalatory effect of Russian/American insistence that new weaponry is justified because it will enable the possessor to negotiate reduction from strength? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1965
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