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Definition of Escalated
1. escalate [v] - See also: escalate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Escalated
Literary usage of Escalated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Drug Control: Heavy Investment in Military Surveillance Is Not Paying Off by Louis J. Rodrigues, Robert J. Stolba (2003)
"... Is Drug Flow Funding escalated While Effectiveness Remained Unknown Although
measures of effectiveness have not been established for DOD'S mission, ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Donald Hall, 1984 . . . that the KGB and the CIA have escalated their secret
operations . . . in an action-counteraction process that has overpopulated the ..."
3. Nuclear Regulation: Better Oversight Needed to Ensure Accumulation of Funds edited by Dwayne E. Weigel (1999)
"Thus, these estimates represent "initial" decommissioning cost estimates that we
escalated to the years that the plants' licenses expire. ..."
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