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"text": "The manager ensures that the escalation team generates a continuous stream of root cause analysis exercises and the subsequent corrective actions.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "povišávane",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "повиша́ване"
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"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"word": "escalatie"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"word": "yltyminen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"word": "kärjistyminen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"word": "eskalaatio"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Eskalation"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eskalacja"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "nasilenie"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povyšénije",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "повыше́ние"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "увеличе́ние"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rost",
"sense": "an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy",
"tags": [
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"word": "рост"
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "تَصْعِيد"
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"code": "hy",
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"roman": "ēskalacʻia",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "էսկալացիա"
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"roman": "srum",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "սրում"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "eskalácyja",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "эскала́цыя"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "eskalácija",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ескала́ция"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngjí",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "升級 /升级"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kuòdà",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "擴大 /扩大"
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{
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"roman": "kuòzhàn",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "擴戰 /扩战"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "escalatie"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "eskalaatio"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "eskaloituminen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "laajeneminen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "kiihtyminen"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escalade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Eskalation"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "klimákosi",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "κλιμάκωση"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "kiterjesztés"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "eszkaláció"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "esukarēshon",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "エスカレーション"
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{
"alt": "かくだい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakudai",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "拡大"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eseukeolleisyeon",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "에스컬레이션"
},
{
"alt": "擴大",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwakdae",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "확대"
},
{
"alt": "擴戰",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwakjeon",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"word": "확전"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eskalacja"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escaladare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "eskalácija",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "эскала́ция"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obostrénije",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обостре́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escalada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "escalamiento"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eskalering"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "upptrappning"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "eskalácija",
"sense": "a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ескала́ція"
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