Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun escalade

1 sense of escalade

Sense 1
escalade -- (an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification))
       => scaling -- (ascent by or as if by a ladder)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb escalade

1 sense of escalade

Sense 1
escalade -- (climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination")
       => climb, climb up, mount, go up -- (go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?")