DE-ESCALATE: Meaning and related words

We found 16 dictionaries that define the word de-escalate:

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de-escalate: Merriam-Webster
de-escalate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
de-escalate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
de-escalate, de-escalate: Collins English Dictionary
de-escalate: Vocabulary.com
de-escalate: Wordnik
de-escalate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
de-escalate: Wiktionary
de-escalate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
de-escalate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
de-escalate: Infoplease Dictionary
de-escalate: Dictionary.com
de-escalate: Rhymezone
de-escalate: FreeDictionary.org
de-escalate: Mnemonic Dictionary
de-escalate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (de-escalate)

▸ verb: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of ("De-escalate a crisis")
▸ verb: diminish in size, scope, or intensity ("The war of words between them de-escalated with time")

Opposite:

escalate, intensify, heighten, increase

Types:

lower, reduce, diminish, lessen, decrease, more...

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