reescalate
verb
re·es·ca·late
| \ (ˌ)rē-ˈe-skə-ˌlāt
, nonstandard -skyə-\
, nonstandard -skyə-\
variants:
or re-escalate
reescalated
or re-escalated;
reescalating
or re-escalating
Definition of reescalate
: to escalate or become escalated again : to increase again in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope
You have seen actions and retaliations take place that threaten to reescalate the situation.— Richard Boucher … with the failure of the Camp David summit in 2000 and the eruption of the second intifada, the conflict reescalated.— Soli Vered and Daniel Bar-Tal … meanwhile, inflation … declined to 6.5 percent in 1992, then reescalated to an estimated 32.0 percent in 1994 … — Political Handbook of the World 1998
Other Words from reescalate
reescalation
\ (ˌ)rē-ˌe-skə-ˈlā-shən
, nonstandard -skyə- \
or re-escalation
noun,
plural reescalations
or re-escalations
, nonstandard -skyə- \
or re-escalation
noun,
plural reescalations
or re-escalations
a reescalation of prices/spending
A reescalation of tensions between North Korea and the United States is weighing on international markets.
— MTI Econews
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