Associations to the word «Escalation»

Wiktionary

ESCALATION, noun. An increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
ESCALATION, noun. A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
ESCALATION PLAN, noun. (call center jargon) A plan that specifies actions be taken when the telephone queue begins to build beyond acceptable levels.

Dictionary definition

ESCALATION, noun. An increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin