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ESCALADE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("escalade" is a kind of...):

scaling (ascent by or as if by a ladder)

Derivation:

escalade (climb up and over)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Climb up and over

Example:

They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "escalade" is one way to...):

climb; climb up; go up; mount (go upward with gradual or continuous progress)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

escalade (an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification))

escalader (someone who gains access by the use of ladders)

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