de-escalated; de-escalating; de-escalates
Definition of de-escalate
: limit sense 2b
de-escalate production tried to de-escalate the tension
: to decrease in extent, volume, or scope
violence began to de-escalate
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The first known use of de-escalate was in 1964
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