单词 | re-escalate |
释义 | re-escalatev. transitive. To escalate (esp. a war or conflict) again; to escalate further. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > wage (war) [verb (transitive)] > escalate (a conflict) re-escalate1965 1965 H. Kahn On Escalation xii. 237 Further bargaining is rarely successful unless the conflict is re-escalated. 1965 Punch 4 Aug. 165/1 Up and down this ladder nations may escalate, de-escalate and re-escalate. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 May 34/1 President Nixon has always kept for himself the option of re-escalating the war. 2007 Washington Times (Nexis) 26 Dec. a01 The United States runs the risk of seeing violence re-escalate as U.S. troops move out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1965 |
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