escalation

Examples of escalated

escalated

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Intercommunal violence escalated dramatically during the following two years.
To test dose escalated intensity modulated radiotherapy after conservation surgery for early breast cancer in women with higher than average local recurrence risk.
When neither happened, dissatisfaction escalated, desertions mounted, and authority was losing its grip on discipline.
Findings suggested that boys characterized by high activity level and low levels of fear in infancy escalated in both externalizing and internalizing symptoms.
Instead, there were a set of governing themes that underpinned a number of propaganda initiatives that escalated in intensity as the war progressed.
The study finds that civil society has flowered, taken over and escalated the struggle and constructed itself into a solid formation of regional resistance.
Once erupted, the riot escalated into a straightforward class battle.
This situation created a tense environment in the mill towns which escalated rapidly into strikes on several occasions.
In other words a classical example of misinterpretation based on mutual distrust that just escalated.
It started out with a letter to the editor in the leading newspaper but escalated to a public debate.
When state capacity was greatly reduced due to the economic and political crisis, the situation quickly deteriorated and conflict escalated.
Initially the modernist masterplan seemed to provide a stable environment until social-economic problems escalated, resulting in the destabilization of the community.
Each patient will need individual monitoring during the titration phase and any time deemed appropriate when the dose is escalated.
Doses were escalated at a minimum of 4-week intervals (3 mg/day steps at each interval) during a 16-week dose-escalation phase.
The contract did not run smoothly and prices have escalated.
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