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de escalation

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de-es⋅ca⋅late

[dee-es-kuh-leyt]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to decrease in intensity, magnitude, etc.: to de-escalate a war.
Also, de⋅es⋅ca⋅late.


Origin:
1960–65; de- + escalate


de-es⋅ca⋅la⋅tion, de⋅es⋅ca⋅la⋅tion, noun
de-es⋅ca⋅la⋅to⋅ry, de⋅es⋅ca⋅la⋅to⋅ry [dee-es-kuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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