Meanings
nounescalatio (plural not attested)
- humorousno pluralchiefly in the phrase "practicing escalatio": unpopular and seemingly pointless military escalation
"What with President Johnson practicing escalatio on the Vietnamese […] it has been a nervous year."
1965, Tom Lehrer, “Send the Marines”, in That Was The Year That Was Live!
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APA
escalatio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalatio
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“escalatio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalatio. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escalatio,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escalatio.
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