English-Finnish translations for escalation

• eskalaatio
  Näiden konfliktien nopea ja aseellinen eskalaatio on rasittanut koko aluetta nykyhetkeen saakka. The rapid, armed escalation of these conflicts is still a burden upon the entire region.
  Edessämme on sellaisten toimien ja aloitteiden eskalaatio, joiden tarkoituksena on iskeä vapautemme perusperiaatteita vastaan. We are faced with an escalation of actions and initiatives whose purpose is to strike at the basic principles of our freedom.
  Toinen tapa on täydellinen eskalaatio, jolta edellä mainitut toimet varmastikin vaikuttaisivat. Another way would be to go for an all-out escalation, which the step mentioned here would definitely look like.
• eskaloituminen

Definition of escalation

• an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
• a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict

Related words

• escalating
• de-escalation
• deescalation
• deescalating