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Escalading
- verb - climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"
Escalating
- verb - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
Escalation
- noun - an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"
Escalators
- noun - a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
- a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
Escapement
- noun - mechanical device that regulates movement
Escapology
- noun - the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment)
Escarpment
- noun - a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
- a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification
Escharotic
- - Serving or tending to form an eschar; producing a scar; caustic.