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de escalate
Overview of verb de-escalate
The verb de-escalate has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. de-escalate -- (diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time")
2. de-escalate, weaken, step down -- (reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis")
Antonyms of verb de-escalate
1 of 2 senses of de-escalate
Sense 2
de-escalate, weaken, step down
Antonym of escalate (Sense 1)
=>escalate, intensify, step up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb de-escalate
2 senses of de-escalate
Sense 1
de-escalate
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb de-escalate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb de-escalate
2 senses of de-escalate
Sense 1
de-escalate
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 2
de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
'Cause To' of verb de-escalate
Derived Forms of verb de-escalate
2 senses of de-escalate
Sense 1
de-escalate
RELATED TO>(noun) de-escalation#1
=> de-escalation
Sense 2
de-escalate, weaken, step down
RELATED TO>(noun) de-escalation#1
=> de-escalation
Domain of verb de-escalate
Domain Terms of verb de-escalate
Familiarity of verb de-escalate
de-escalate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb de-escalate
2 senses of de-escalate
Sense 1
de-escalate
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
de-escalate, weaken, step down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb de-escalate
2 senses of de-escalate
Sense 1
de-escalate
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Sense 2
de-escalate, weaken, step down
> decrease, lessen, minify
=> mitigate
=> pare, pare down
=> limit, circumscribe, confine
=> reduce, boil down, concentrate
=> shrink, reduce
=> abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
=> slake, abate, slack
=> turn down, lower, lour
=> de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> minimize, minimise
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> cut
=> slack, slacken, slack up, relax
=> diminish, belittle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb de-escalate
Sense 1
de-escalate
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 2
de-escalate, weaken, step down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
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Grep of verb de-escalate
de-escalate
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