We will never stop the massive escalation of medical costs in the United States until medicine, business and Government make a commitment to stop the excesses that are seen at every level of medical care.

Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union led to a massive escalation in Soviet ethnic cleansing.

If it were involved, it would be a massive escalation of its longstanding tensions with the South.

Unless the problem was addressed, the contagion could spread to countries thought to have sound public finances, causing a massive escalation in economic disruption.

The explanation for the sudden rise is not being put down to a massive escalation in the amount of nuclear being emitted, more that the authorities have examined the data and got a clearer picture of what has gone wrong.

Although the battle resulted in only four fatalities, the effect was a massive escalation of the Mormon War.

That mismatch of commitments in Vietnam led to a series of massive but doomed escalations.

- How the Taliban have caused growing carnage with a massive escalation of their roadside bombing campaign, which has killed more than 2,000 civilians to date.

Certainly we could argue that such a massive escalation of their war-fighting ability-particularly when we've been unilaterally building down our own naval strength in the interest of reducing tensions and promoting the peace-represents a 'hostile action.'

According to The Guardian, the logs also detail "how the Taliban have caused growing carnage with a massive escalation of their roadside bombing campaign, which has killed more than 2,000 civilians to date".