de-escalate

UK
/diːˈɛskəleɪt/
US
/diˈɛskəleɪt/

Translations

de-escalateverb
de-escalated
Past Simple
de-escalated
Past Participle
de-escalating
Gerund
UK
/diːˈɛskəleɪt/
US
/diˈɛskəleɪt/
снижать напряженность
Efforts were made to de-escalate the situation.
Были предприняты усилия, чтобы снижать напряженность в ситуации.
The government is trying to de-escalate the conflict.
Правительство пытается деэскалировать конфликт.
Additional translations

Definitions

de-escalateverb
To reduce the level of conflict, tension, or potential violence in (a situation); to calm or defuse.
Skilled mediators can de-escalate a heated argument before it turns physical.
(Of conflict, tension, etc.) to diminish in intensity; to subside.
After the curfew was imposed, the street violence began to de-escalate.