Meanings
- not comparableInvolving or relating to escalation.
Is there an escalatory ladder in cyber, the same as with weapons of mass destruction?
2023 May 28, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: Jeremy Fleming”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32 more examples
The pattern of gradually increasing severity fits with the general image of an escalatory conflict model.
1998, Paul Francis Diehl, The Dynamics of Enduring Rivalries, page 105Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides.
2024 September 25, Irene Nasser, Dana Karni, Helen Regan, Sophie Tanno, “Israel intercepts Hezbollah ballistic missile near Tel Aviv in first such attack”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2024
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