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    [Verb]  | "es*ca*late" | \ ˈe-skə-ˌlāt \


    1: to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope

    2: expand


    Origin: 1944 ;

     Back-formation from escalator;

    [Verb]  | "de-es*ca*late" | \ (ˌ)dē-ˈe-skə-ˌlāt \


    1: limit

    2: to decrease in extent, volume, or scope


    Origin: 1964 ;

    [Verb]  | "re*es*ca*late" | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈe-skə-ˌlāt \


    1: to escalate or become escalated again : to increase again in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope


    Origin: 1965 ;

    [Verb]  | "escalates" 


    1: to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number;


      * e.g., " ... as the war between the two countries escalated, it threatened to become a global conflict "





    2: to make greater in size, amount, or number;


      * e.g., " ... the president promised to escalate the government's program to combat the dreaded disease "





    [Verb]  | "escalate" 


    1: to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number;


      * e.g., " ... as the war between the two countries escalated, it threatened to become a global conflict "





    2: to make greater in size, amount, or number;


      * e.g., " ... the president promised to escalate the government's program to combat the dreaded disease "





    [Verb]  | "de-escalates" 


    1: to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent;


      * e.g., " ... first, the mediator tried to de-escalate the tension in the room "





    2: to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually;


      * e.g., " ... the fighting de-escalated as the peace talks progressed "





    [Verb]  | "de-escalate" 


    1: to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent;


      * e.g., " ... first, the mediator tried to de-escalate the tension in the room "





    2: to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually;


      * e.g., " ... the fighting de-escalated as the peace talks progressed "





     [ "escalate" ]

    1: become greater or more serious

      * e.g.,  ... your gonna escalate the situation if you continue instulting people 

     [ "The Escalator" ]

    1: s-ka-lay-tor

      * e.g.,  ... The highlight of my threesome was when i pulled the escalator on the two of them. Next time I think I'm gonna add another floor! 


     [ "The Escalator" ]

    2: verb during a threesome involving one man and two women. the women are stacked stomach too back and the man assumes a kneeling position behind them and proceeds to push his penis from one girl to the next, starting with the bottom girl working his way up. Or reverse the order and direction for variations.

     [ "escalator" ]

    1: moving staircase (not to be confused with the moving staircases in Harry Potter) used to make walking up stairs easier. Its like taking the worst part about elevators (makes you fat) and stairs (takes too long) and putting it all in one convenient location.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Dude lets take the escalator 

     [ "Escalate" ]

    1: To bring someone to climax

      * e.g.,  ... "Was Jenny at your house last night?" "Yeah I escalated her." 

     [ "it's escalated" ]

    1: It got worse and worse and worse. Really bad. Shockingly bad. To the point it needs to be announced aloud so people are aware of exactly how bad it's got.

      * e.g.,  ... Andy said loudly "It's escalated!" 

     [ "escalitis" ]

    1: Escalitis is a curable disease. It can be described as a certain diarrhea of the mouth… One in which standard logic is thrown out the window like most normal people have and an extreme, instigating comment is belched out with little thought or regard to offensiveness.

      * e.g.,  ... The female in this conversation has escalitis: Male: You look tired and sound conjested, are you coming down with a cold? Female: Your face looks more tired than a used condomn, you sound like a teenage squirrel, and sicker than an HIV Bank! 

     [ "escalator" ]

    1: Essentially a set of moving stairs which transport an individual from high ground to low ground or from low ground to high ground.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy: Don't take the stairs, let's take the escalator - it's less effort. 


     [ "escalator" ]

    2: There is a commonly ignored rule of escalator etiquette which states that people are to walk on the left and stand on the right sides of the escalator. Many people ignore this rule and stand on both sides of the escalator resuling in escalator traffic jams. These jams are especially annoying when people are in a rush.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 2: Yeah, but I don't want to become fat like you. 


     [ "escalator" ]

    3: Many people believe escalators are indicatave of the laziness of the human race. Instead or walking up stairs, people insist on being effortlessly floated to the top of their staircase. This is one of the reasons among thousands, that the world is becoming so obese.

      * e.g.,  ... Employee: I was late because people on the escalator didn't follow the proper escalator etiquette! There was an escalator jam! 

     [ "escalator" ]

    1: Also known as moving stairs, transporting people up or down without the need for elevators or stairs or ladders or ropes or jetpacks.

      * e.g.,  ... "Rohan D took the escalator to the beauty saloon as he needed to look good for Felix, his date" 

     [ "escalator" ]

    1: When having sex at the top of a staircase, the man karate chops the woman between the shoulder blades, causing her to flinch and her arms flail backwards. He then proceeds to kick the woman's legs out from under her, grab onto her arms and ride her down the stairs.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, my girl told me she was pregnant" 

     [ "escalation" ]

    1: sudden fury of flailing fists. Heavy bumping and ditching peers over low cut fences are also a regular occurrence

      * e.g.,  ... On the way to the train station a sudden escalation occurred. In result twizzle and chief got ditched over a fence. 

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