English-Swedish translations for escalate

• eskalera
  Blodiga sammandrabbningar kommer utan tvivel att eskalera till krig.Bloodbaths will undoubtedly escalate into war.
  Situationen i Bangkok fortsätter dock att eskalera.However, the situation in Bangkok is continuing to escalate.
  Vi menar att denna konflikt inte får eskalera ytterligare.We are of the opinion that this conflict should not be allowed to escalate.

Definition of escalate

• To increase in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up
• In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority

Examples

• Violence escalated during the election
• The shooting escalated the existing hostility
• The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.

Related words

• deescalate
• deescalated
• de-escalate