de-es·ca·late or de·es·ca·late 
(dē-ĕskə-lāt′)
(dē-ĕskə-lāt′)v. de-es·ca·lat·ed, de-es·ca·lat·ing, de-es·ca·lates or de·es·ca·lat·ed or de·es·ca·lat·ing or de·es·ca·lates
v.tr.
To decrease the size, scope, or intensity of (a war, for example).
v.intr.
To decrease or diminish in size, scope, or intensity: The birth rate has begun to de-escalate.
de-es′ca·lation n.
de-esca·la·tor′y (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.
- stream of consciousness
- stream-of-consciousness
- streamside
- streamy
- Streep
- street
- streetcar
- street cred
- street hockey
- streetlight
- street luge
- street luger
- street name
- streetscape
- street-smart
- street smarts
- street theater
- streetwalker
- streetwalking
- streetwise
- strength
- strengthen
- strengthener
- strenuous
- strenuously