"severe escalation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to refer to a rapid intensification of a situation. For example, "After a series of minor disagreements, the two countries experienced a severe escalation of tensions."
He talks about the context, describing it as a "period of severe escalation" post the Lehman Brothers collapse, with an "unprecedented degree of government intervention in the financial system".
Four years later, in Dearborn, Michigan, Bush won by eight points in the city – despite the severe escalation of US military involvement in the Middle East during that time, most notably the Iraq war.
Mortar fire and other heavy weapons have ravaged neighborhoods, a severe escalation from the usual sporadic gunfire that raised fears that the violence, usually contained in a few districts, would spread.
City's readiness for a severe escalation of the swelling – adrenalin is used when problems occur with the heart's rhythms – reveals why they are treating the events of Thursday night seriously.
"A more serious escalation of the crisis, such as a disorderly default on sovereign debt, could put the global financial system under severe strain leading to tighter credit conditions, further depressing world output and trade".
While this is happening, one of the keepers give a long spiel about who they are, how they got here, ivory, and the severe new escalation in price, driven by demand in China.
However, 2005 has seen an escalation of severe attacks, with bombs left at the homes of two workers associated with animal research.
Tariff peaks and tariff escalation create severe distortions that systematically work against the efforts of producers in developing countries to enter the rapidly growing markets for processed products.
Prohibitively high tariff peaks and tariff escalation create severe distortions that systematically work against the efforts of producers in developing countries to enter the rapidly growing markets for processed products.
Goal of the analysis is to achieve a set of actions aimed to prevent the escalation into a severe accident, to mitigate consequences of a severe accident, and to achieve a long term controllable state of the NPP.
Because its MTD was lower that the starting dose-level (275 mg/m) and severe thrombocytopenia prohibited any dose-escalation, the PR-104-gemcitabine combination was not evaluated further.
