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

transitive + intransitive

: 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

reescalation

(ˌ)rē-ˌe-skə-ˈlā-shən 

 nonstandard  -skyə-

noun

or re-escalation

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

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above