Synonyms for de-escalate
diˈɛs kəˌleɪtde-es·ca·late

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1. de-escalateverb

   diminish in size, scope, or intensity

   "The war of words between them de-escalated with time"

   Synonyms:
   weaken, step down

   Antonyms:
   step up, escalate, intensify

2. de-escalate, weaken, step downverb

   reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

   "de-escalate a crisis"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, step down, counteract, soften, resign, countermine, quit, leave office, dampen, break, sabotage, damp, weaken, undermine

   Antonyms:
   escalate, step up, intensify

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1. • Decrease

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1. ameliorate

   to make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

   "the reform did much to ameliorate living standards"

   Submitted by anonymous on July 5, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "de-escalate":

   defuse

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. de-escalate

   Synonyms:
   'Pull the plug', see there
   

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1. Andre Dickens:

   The goal is to be smart on crime, and so we have to have a balanced approach to safety and justice, that means getting more officers in because we lost about 400 to 500 officers over the past three years. So I'm trying to get those 400 officers back, but training them in conflict resolution and skills on how to de-escalate issues so that they can be better community-based cops.

2. Apple Inc:

   We want to assure our customers that as soon as our engineering team became aware of the details necessary to reproduce the bug, they quickly disabled Group FaceTime and began work on the fix, we are committed to improving the process by which we receive and escalate these reports, in order to get them to the right people as fast as possible.

3. Erika Cheung:

   I do think entrepreneurship can empower people and empower society but we also have to not let things escalate to this degree.

4. Ahmed Rabie:

   We have all options open from now on, if (the council) insists on holding on to power, we are going to consider this a military coup, and we will escalate our tactics, peacefully.

5. Mayor Michael Hancock:

   The decision not to engage with the protesters and escalate the conflict was the right one, and the perpetrators of this despicable act will be punished.