| VERB | change | de-escalate | diminish in size, scope, or intensity |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | de-escalate, weaken, step down | reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of |
| Meaning | diminish in size, scope, or intensity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The war of words between them de-escalated with time" | |
| Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
| Nouns | de-escalation | (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war) |
| Meaning | Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "de-escalate a crisis" | |
| Synonyms | weaken, step down | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Opposite | escalate, intensify, step up | increase in extent or intensity |
| Spanish | desescalar | |
| Catalan | desescalar | |
| Nouns | de-escalation | (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war) |
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