escalatory

adj
/ˈɛskələˌtɔɹi/

Etymology

From escalate + -ory.

Definitions

  1. Involving or relating to escalation.

    • The pattern of gradually increasing severity fits with the general image of an escalatory conflict model.
    • Is there an escalatory ladder in cyber, the same as with weapons of mass destruction?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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