Vocabulary
Escalate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
increase rapidly.
Urdu meaning
مرحلہ وار رفتار میں تبدیلی/اضافہ کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Their presence won`t help bridge the trust gap essential for substantive negotiations.Trump has threatened to escalate military actions by `knocking out every single power plant and every single bridge in Iran` if the talks fail to deliver.
Dawn Editorials —
The fog over peace talks
— 2026-04-22
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Before and after the ceasefire in the US-Israel war against Iran, several countries attempted to de-escalate tensions between the warring parties.
Dawn Editorials —
Choosing not to be a peace-broker
— 2026-04-18
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Pakistan, along with Egypt and Türkiye, has played the role of facilitator or peacebroker to de-escalate hostilities between Iran and the US.
Dawn Editorials —
Choosing not to be a peace-broker
— 2026-04-18
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The most ruinous war of our time was ended before it could escalate into a catastrophe.
Dawn Editorials —
War and peace
— 2026-04-09
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He claimed all his war objectives had been met because Iran had been `obliterated`, but then pledged to escalate the conflict.
Dawn Editorials —
No easy way out
— 2026-04-06
Synonyms
increase rapidly, soar, rocket, shoot up, mount, surge, spiral, grow rapidly, rise rapidly
Curator example
“the price of tickets escalated”
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