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Verb de-escalate has 2 senses
- de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time"
--1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- de-escalate, weaken, step down - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
--2 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Antonyms: escalate, intensify, step up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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