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de-escalate
de-es·ca·late or de·es·ca·late (dē-ĕs′kə-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·la′tion n.de-es′ca·la·tor′y (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.de-escalate (diːˈɛskəˌleɪt) vbto reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc) de-ˌescaˈlation nde-es•ca•late or de•es•ca•late (diˈɛs kəˌleɪt)
v.t., v.i. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. to decrease in intensity, magnitude, amount, or the like. [1960–65] de-es`ca•la′tion, n. de-es′ca•la•to`ry (-ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj. de-escalate
Past participle: de-escalated
Gerund: de-escalating
| Imperative |
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| de-escalate | | de-escalate |
| Present |
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| I de-escalate | | you de-escalate | | he/she/it de-escalates | | we de-escalate | | you de-escalate | | they de-escalate |
| Preterite |
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| I de-escalated | | you de-escalated | | he/she/it de-escalated | | we de-escalated | | you de-escalated | | they de-escalated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am de-escalating | | you are de-escalating | | he/she/it is de-escalating | | we are de-escalating | | you are de-escalating | | they are de-escalating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have de-escalated | | you have de-escalated | | he/she/it has de-escalated | | we have de-escalated | | you have de-escalated | | they have de-escalated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was de-escalating | | you were de-escalating | | he/she/it was de-escalating | | we were de-escalating | | you were de-escalating | | they were de-escalating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had de-escalated | | you had de-escalated | | he/she/it had de-escalated | | we had de-escalated | | you had de-escalated | | they had de-escalated |
| Future |
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| I will de-escalate | | you will de-escalate | | he/she/it will de-escalate | | we will de-escalate | | you will de-escalate | | they will de-escalate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have de-escalated | | you will have de-escalated | | he/she/it will have de-escalated | | we will have de-escalated | | you will have de-escalated | | they will have de-escalated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be de-escalating | | you will be de-escalating | | he/she/it will be de-escalating | | we will be de-escalating | | you will be de-escalating | | they will be de-escalating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been de-escalating | | you have been de-escalating | | he/she/it has been de-escalating | | we have been de-escalating | | you have been de-escalating | | they have been de-escalating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been de-escalating | | you will have been de-escalating | | he/she/it will have been de-escalating | | we will have been de-escalating | | you will have been de-escalating | | they will have been de-escalating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been de-escalating | | you had been de-escalating | | he/she/it had been de-escalating | | we had been de-escalating | | you had been de-escalating | | they had been de-escalating |
| Conditional |
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| I would de-escalate | | you would de-escalate | | he/she/it would de-escalate | | we would de-escalate | | you would de-escalate | | they would de-escalate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have de-escalated | | you would have de-escalated | | he/she/it would have de-escalated | | we would have de-escalated | | you would have de-escalated | | they would have de-escalated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time"decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | | 2. | de-escalate - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"step down, weakenminify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"escalate, intensify, step up - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" |
Translationsde-escalate
pull the plug Vox populi
verb
(1) A popular term meaning to withdraw nutritional support and ventilation from a patient in a persistent vegetative states.
(2) In the common parlance, pulling the plug refers to the precipitate disruption of electron flow from a power grid to an electrical device in use or on standby, by abrupt application of a lateral counter-force from a mutually positioned female receptacle.de-escalate (dē-ĕs′kă-lāt″) To defuse a potentially dangerous interaction between two or more individuals.de-escalate
Synonyms for de-escalateverb diminish in size, scope, or intensityRelated Words- decrease
- diminish
- lessen
- fall
verb reduce the level or intensity or size or scope ofSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms |