English-German translations for escalation

• Eskalation die
  Nochmals: Kein Krieg und keine Eskalation gegen den Iran, stattdessen Verhandlungen! Let me repeat: negotiation with Iran, not escalation and war.
  Angst vor Anschlägen der PKK, Wut, die zur Eskalation führen könnte. Fear of attacks by the PKK, anger that could lead to escalation.
  Die Eskalation der Gewalt muß gestoppt werden. The escalation of violence has to be halted.

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