escalatory
/ˈɛskələˌtɔɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Involving or relating to escalation.
Example Sentences
- "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?"
- "Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides."
Etymology
From escalate + -ory.