Domestic situations are often inherently volatile and subject to rapid escalation of violence.

Despite the police's good intentions, they have been unable to prevent the rapid escalation of crime.

"But we're not seeing a rapid escalation in vineyard values."

That rapid escalation has left some investors behind in the dust, at least until they up their ante.

They have also said the decline is an inevitable outcome of the rapid escalation in the 80's.

Israeli-Hezbollah skirmishes always raise the possibility of a rapid escalation that could set off a wider conflict.

This particular phase represents the rapid escalation of this unhealthy attachment style.

The rapid, armed escalation of these conflicts is still a burden upon the entire region.

The rapid escalation of violence this summer produced no victory, only victims.

That tax, which is not in effect this year, "failed to moderate the rapid escalation of club payrolls," the report said.