- to escalate a war
- to escalate a war/to step up a war наращтвать военные действия
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
to escalate a war
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escalate — UK [ˈeskəleɪt] / US [ˈeskəˌleɪt] verb Word forms escalate : present tense I/you/we/they escalate he/she/it escalates present participle escalating past tense escalated past participle escalated 1) [intransitive/transitive] to become much worse or … English dictionary
escalate — es|ca|late [ˈeskəleıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: escalator] 1.) if fighting, violence, or a bad situation escalates, or if someone escalates it, it becomes much worse escalate into ▪ Her fear was escalating into panic. ▪ The fighting… … Dictionary of contemporary English
escalate — escalation, n. escalatory /es keuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /es keuh layt /, v.t., v.i., escalated, escalating. 1. to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.: to escalate a war; a time when prices escalate. 2. to raise, lower, rise, or descend … Universalium
escalate — es|ca|late [ eskə,leıt ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to become, or make something become, much worse or more serious: The tension escalated until it became unbearable. Rebel forces have escalated the fighting. escalate into: Any one of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
escalate — es•ca•late [[t]ˈɛs kəˌleɪt[/t]] v. i. v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.: a time when prices escalate; to escalate a war[/ex] • Etymology: 1920–25; back formation from escalator es ca•la′tion, n. es′ca•la•to ry ləˌtɔr … From formal English to slang
escalate — is a 1920s back formation from escalator (first recorded in 1900), and has burst the bounds of meaning that a word for a moving staircase might be expected to impose. Not surprisingly, escalate is now rarely used in its first meaning ‘to travel… … Modern English usage
escalate — 1922, back formation from ESCALATOR (Cf. escalator), replacing earlier verb escalade (1801), from the noun ESCALADE (Cf. escalade). Escalate came into general use with a figurative sense of raise after 1959 in reference to the possibility of… … Etymology dictionary
escalate — ☆ escalate [es′kə lāt΄ ] vi. escalated, escalating [back form. < ESCALATOR] 1. to rise on or as on an escalator 2. to expand step by step, as from a limited or local conflict into a general, esp. nuclear, war 3. to grow or increase rapidly,… … English World dictionary
War of Transnistria — Map of conflict region Date 2 March 1992 21 July 1992 (142 days) Location … Wikipedia
escalate — verb 1 become/make sth worse ADVERB ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ gradually, steadily ▪ Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating. ▪ The risks gradually escalate … Collocations dictionary
war — war1 /wawr/, n., v., warred, warring, adj. n. 1. a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air. 2. a state or period of armed hostility or active military… … Universalium
