Both Uses
escalate
in
No Easy Day
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- This target quickly escalated into three separate firefights, and now we had reports of additional fighters advancing on our position.†
p. 133.6 *
- "Sir, we will de-escalate if at all possible," he said.†
p. 177.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(escalate) increase in extent or intensity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)