de-escalate
31escalate — verb 1) prices have escalated Syn: increase rapidly, soar, rocket, shoot up, spiral; informal go through the roof 2) the dispute escalated Syn: grow, develop, mushroom, increase, heighten …
32escalate — [ˈeskəˌleɪt] verb 1) [I/T] to become much worse or more serious, or to make something much worse or more serious 2) [I] to increase at an uncontrolled rate escalating costs[/ex] escalation [ˌeskəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …
33ESCALATE — • Efegatran and Streptokinase to Canalize Arteries Like Accelerated Tissue Plasminogen Activator [study] …
34escalate — / eskəleɪt/ verb to increase steadily …
35escalate — / eskəleɪt/ verb to increase steadily …
36escalate — v. 1 intr. & tr. increase or develop (usu. rapidly) by stages. 2 tr. cause (an action, activity, or process) to become more intense. Derivatives: escalation n. Etymology: back form. f. ESCALATOR …
37de-escalate — also deescalate, 1964, from DE (Cf. de ) + ESCALATE (Cf. escalate). Related: De escalated; de escalating; de escalation …
38de-escalate — v. t. to reduce in intensity (a crisis or a war). [WordNet 1.5] …
39de-escalate — de escalation, deescalation, n. de escalatory, deescalatory /dee es keuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /dee es keuh layt /, v.t., v.i., de escalated, de escalating. to decrease in intensity, magnitude, etc.: to de escalate a war. Also, deescalate …
40de-escalate — ☆ de escalate [dē es′kə lāt΄ ] vi., vt. de escalated, de escalating to reverse the effect of escalation on (something); reduce or lessen in scope, magnitude, etc. de escalation n …