Synonyms for de-escalation
de-es·ca·la·tion

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1. de-escalationnoun

   Antonyms:
   escalation

2. de-escalationnoun

   Antonyms:
   escalation

Princeton's WordNet

1. de-escalationnoun

   (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)

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1. • Reduction
   • War

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

   détente, escalation, calming

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1. Ghassan Salame:

   We know that holding the conference in this difficult time of escalation and fighting is a difficult matter. But we are determined to hold it on time unless compelling circumstances force us not to.

2. Mykola Sunhurovskyi:

   Russia will not get a quick victorious ‘war,’ but the losses on both sides in the event of escalation of aggression will be huge.

3. Hans Kristensen:

   We have never been in a nuclear war where escalation is about to happen and early-warning systems are poised to look for signs of surprise nuclear strikes. In such a scenario, a decision by a military power to launch a conventional attack - but the adversary expects and mistakenly interprets it as a nuclear attack - could contribute to an overreaction that escalates the crisis.

4. Chinese Vice Premier Liu:

   We believe the trade war escalation is bad for China, bad for the United States and bad for the interest of the people in the world, we are willing to use a calm attitude to solve problems by negotiations and cooperation.

5. Nikki Haley:

   One of our capabilities lies with our military forces, and we will use them, but we prefer not to have to go in that direction, north Korea’s launch of an ICBM is a clear and sharp military escalation.