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DE-ESCALATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they de-escalate ... he / she / it de-escalates
Past simple: de-escalated
Past participle: de-escalated
-ing form: de-escalating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
Example:
de-escalate a crisis
Synonyms:
de-escalate; step down; weaken
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "de-escalate" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
escalate (increase in extent or intensity)
Derivation:
de-escalation ((war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Diminish in size, scope, or intensity
Example:
The war of words between them de-escalated with time
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "de-escalate" is one way to...):
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
de-escalation ((war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war))
