intransitive verb
transitive verb
-·lat·ed, -·lat·ing to reverse the effect of escalation on (something); reduce or lessen in scope, magnitude, etc.
de-escalate
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de-escalate
or de·es·ca·late
verb
de-es·ca·lat·ed, de-es·ca·lat·ing, de-es·ca·lates, or de·es·ca·lat·ed or de·es·ca·lat·ing or de·es·ca·latesverb
transitiveTo decrease the size, scope, or intensity of (a war, for example).
verb
intransitiveTo decrease or diminish in size, scope, or intensity: The birth rate has begun to de-escalate.
Related Forms:
- de-es′ca·la′tion
noun
- de-es′ca·la·tor′y
adjective
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present deescalates, present participle deescalating, simple past and past participle deescalated)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present de-escalates, present participle de-escalating, simple past and past participle de-escalated)
- Alternative spelling of deescalate.
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