de-escalate
verb
nonstandard
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Definition of de-escalate
: limit sense 2b de-escalate production
: to decrease in extent, volume, or scope violence began to de-escalate tried to de-escalate the tension
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noun
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adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms for de-escalate
Synonyms
abate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down) , recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
Antonyms
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
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