de-escalate

  • 41de-escalate — verb Date: 1964 transitive verb limit 2b intransitive verb to decrease in extent, volume, or scope • de escalation noun • de escalatory adjective …

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  • 42de-escalate — verb reduce the intensity of (a conflict or crisis). Derivatives de escalation noun …

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  • 43de-escalate — de es•ca•late or de•es•ca•late [[t]diˈɛs kəˌleɪt[/t]] v. t. v. i. lat•ed, lat•ing to decrease in intensity, magnitude, amount, or the like • Etymology: 1960–65 de es ca•la′tion, n. de es′ca•la•to ry ləˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i adj …

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  • 44de-escalate — /di ˈɛskəleɪt/ (say dee eskuhlayt) verb (t) (de escalated, de escalating) to reduce one s commitment to or involvement in (a war, campaign, program, etc.). –de escalation /di ɛskəˈleɪʃən/ (say dee eskuh layshuhn), noun …

  • 45de-escalate — v.tr. reduce the level or intensity of. Derivatives: de escalation n …

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  • 46re-escalate — …

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  • 47escalation — escalate es‧ca‧late [ˈeskəleɪt] verb [intransitive] if amounts, prices etc escalate, they increase: • They saw costs escalating and sales slumping as the effect of rising oil prices hit the company. escalation noun [uncountable] : • The rapid… …

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  • 48escalation — escalate ► VERB 1) increase rapidly. 2) become more intense or serious. DERIVATIVES escalation noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «travel on an escalator»: from ESCALATOR(Cf. ↑escalator) …

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  • 49Press Badge Blues — is the third compilation of comic strips of the webcomic Newshounds by Thomas K. Dye. The book covers the comics between March 31 2000 and May 25 2001. These comics introduced the characters Rochelle O Shea and Virgil and Angie Lishuss.The book… …

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  • 50Currency War of 2009–2011 — The Currency War of 2009–2011 is an episode of Competitive devaluation which became prominent in September 2009. Competitive devaluation involves states competing with each other to achieve a relatively low valuation for their own currency, so as …

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