Border clashes between Indian and Pakistani troops have frequently threatened to escalate into a wider conflict in the south on the broad plains of Punjab.
Disputes concerning blockades and neutral trade could escalate into ugly confrontations with neutral states.
Epidemics of infectious disease can escalate into pandemics, but do not always do so.
Even a limited confrontation can escalate into a major war.
Traditional small-scale warfare is more likely to escalate into nuclear war.
You feel frustrated and anxious, which can induce anail-bitingfrenzy that can escalate into atriple-chocolate-mud-cake-eatingfrenzy in a blink of an eye!
He did not want any differences of opinion between his heirs to escalate into a family feud.
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