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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy;
- Example: "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"
- Example: "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

escalation
    n 1: an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher
         wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual
         escalation of hostilities"


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "escalation":
   apotheosis, ascent, assumption, beatification, canonization,
   deification, elevation, enshrinement, erection, exaltation, height,
   lifting, raising, rearing, sursum corda, upbuoying, upcast,
   upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upping, uprearing, upthrow,
   upthrust