escalation

noun
/ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/CA/ˌes.kəˈlæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From escalate + -ion.

Definitions

  1. The act of escalating.

  2. An increase or rise, especially to counteract a perceived discrepancy.

  3. A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. The reassignment of a difficult problem to someone whose job is dedicated to handling…

      The reassignment of a difficult problem to someone whose job is dedicated to handling such cases.

      • The manager ensures that the escalation team generates a continuous stream of root cause analysis exercises and the subsequent corrective actions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for escalation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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