transferred. Of a gale or storm: That increases gradually in violence, or in its effects. Sometimes hyphenated. Also figurative.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > increasing progressively (5) feeding1641 transferred. Of a gale or storm: That increases gradually in violence, or in its effects. Sometimes hyphenated. Also figurative. rolling1719 Progressive; increasing, accumulating. Obsolete. snowballing1861 the action or pastime of making and throwing snowballs; also figurative and adj. spiralling1944 escalatory1965 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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