- 1. v. t. A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall. Source: opted
- 3. n. an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) Source: wordnet
- 4. v. climb up and over Source: wordnet
- 5. A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart. Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. Buckminster. To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall. Source: webster
- 6. A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in whichladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery.Buckminster. Source: adambom
- 7. n. an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) v. climb up and over Source: ecdict
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