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What is "de-escalate"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
de-escalate

de-escalate \de-escalate\ v. t. to reduce in intensity (a crisis or a war).

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
de-escalate

also deescalate, 1964, from de- + escalate. Related: De-escalated; de-escalating; de-escalation.

Wiktionary
de-escalate

vb. (alternative spelling of deescalate English)

WordNet
de-escalate

  1. v. diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time"

  2. reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis" [syn: weaken, step down] [ant: escalate]

Usage examples of "de-escalate".

He had a stunner, not a plasma arc in his hand--apparently the Cetagandans were now aware that the locals were on the scene in too great force to silence by a convenient murder, and were now thinking of de-escalating, or at least decapitalizing, the Situation.

He had a stunner, not a plasma arc in his hand—apparently the Cetagandans were now aware that the locals were on the scene in too great force to silence by a convenient murder, and were now thinking of de-escalating, or at least decapitalizing, the Situation.

He had a stunner, not a plasma arc in his hand—apparently the Cetagandans were now aware that the locals were on the scene in too great force to silence by a convenient murder, and were now thinking of de-escalating, or at least decapitalizing, the Situation.

Sometimes he'd escalate and de-escalate his dosages and get David to do commercial art piecework, just so he could keep the money.