What does de-escalate mean?
De-escalate means (ambitransitive) To decrease in intensity or magnitude..
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/diːˈɛskəleɪt/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To decrease in intensity or magnitude..
We asked authors to consider two scenarios imaginable in the next five years. In the first scenario, a minor skirmish escalated into a multiweek maritime blockade of Taiwan by China. Although several dozen members of the Chinese and Taiwanese military were killed, U.S. intervention eventually forced China to de-escalate.
Use de-escalate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
De-escalate means (ambitransitive) To decrease in intensity or magnitude..
Common synonyms include disintensify, weaken, step down.
Possible antonyms include intensify, escalate, step up.
We asked authors to consider two scenarios imaginable in the next five years. In the first scenario, a minor skirmish escalated into a multiweek maritime blockade of Taiwan by China. Although several dozen members of the Chinese and Taiwanese military were killed, U.S. intervention eventually forced China to de-escalate.
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