de-escalate

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verb

1. diminish in size, scope, or intensity
- The war of words between them de-escalated with time
• Derivationally related forms:
de-escalation
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
- de-escalate a crisis
• Syn:
weaken, step down
• Ant:
escalate
• Derivationally related forms:
step-down (for: step down), weakener (for: weaken), de-escalation
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something