0 past participle, past simple of de-escalate
1 to (cause to) become less dangerous or difficult:
The government has taken these measures in an attempt to de-escalate the conflict.
There are signs that the confrontation is beginning to de-escalate.
You cannot cherry-pick when it comes to human rights, and it is not by breaching human rights that the conflict will be de-escalated.
It de-escalated only when we ended internment and started tackling the problem through the courts.
Until they are de-escalated we shall not be able to stop that high unemployment and the big price rises.
If there is to be an election, the guerrilla war must be de-escalated.
The country heaved a sigh of relief when that dispute de-escalated into nothing more than a work-to rule.
