reescalate

verb

re·es·ca·late | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈe-skə-ˌlāt ,

nonstandard -skyə- \

variants: or re-escalate

reescalated or re-escalated; reescalating or re-escalating

Definition of reescalate

: to escalate or become escalated again : to increase again in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope You have seen actions and retaliations take place that threaten to reescalate the situation. —Richard Boucher … with the failure of the Camp David summit in 2000 and the eruption of the second intifada, the conflict reescalated. —Soli Vered and Daniel Bar-Tal … meanwhile, inflation … declined to 6.5 percent in 1992, then reescalated to an estimated 32.0 percent in 1994 … —Political Handbook of the World 1998

Other words from reescalate

reescalation \(ˌ)rē-ˌe-skə-ˈlā-shən,

nonstandard-skyə- \ or re-escalation noun plural reescalations or re-escalations

a reescalation of prices/spending A reescalation of tensions between North Korea and the United States is weighing on international markets. —MTI Econews