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escalade definition and meaning

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.
v. t. To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.

Crossword clues for escalade

- scaling castle walls
- scaling of fortified walls
- The scaling of fortified walls in attack