Synonyms for calm down
calm down

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1. calm downverb

   To become less excited, intense, or angry.

   Calm down before you hurt somebody.

   Synonyms:
   unwind, chillax, chill, chill out, hose down, relax

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1. calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool itverb

   become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

   "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

   Synonyms:
   tranquilize, tranquillize, becalm, cool, settle, cool down, tranquillise, still, chill out, quiet, sedate, cool off, cool it, simmer down, steady, settle down, calm, root, steady down, lull, take root, quieten

2. calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, stillverb

   make calm or still

   "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

   Synonyms:
   silence, hush, tranquilize, relieve, tranquillize, becalm, quiet down, ease, tranquillise, still, chill out, quiet, shut up, quiesce, hush up, sedate, cool off, cool it, simmer down, steady, settle down, calm, allay, pipe down, lull, quieten

3. lull, calm downverb

   become quiet or less intensive

   "the fighting lulled for a moment"

   Synonyms:
   cool off, settle down, simmer down, tranquillise, calm, cool it, still, tranquillize, chill out, quieten, tranquilize, quiet, lull

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1. • Change State
   • Comfort
   • Quieten

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1. Jean Hector Anacacis , Celestin:

   We insist, they need to withdraw the Jan. 24 date to calm down the population that is protesting.

2. Michael LaSala:

   This is a journey and where you are now is probably not where you're going to be on this in a couple of years, be patient with yourself and keep educating yourself. And, once you're able to calm down, keep the lines of communication open and get as much education( as you can).

3. Ryan Hammond:

   When we think about families with children with autism coming to a game, theres barriers to re-entry, theres sensory overload when we score a touchdown and theres pyrotechnics, we felt the sensory room was what we needed to be fully accessible and the idea behind it was not to change the experience but deliver a solution if they needed to take a break. If the sensory bag wasnt enough, you dont have to leave the stadium. You can take a break, de-escalate, calm down and rejoin the experience when you felt ready.

4. Jordan Miller:

   You can calm down, looking at trees and seeing these majestic creatures flying, it's cool.

5. Amy Watson:

   Sometimes, (police) walk into a situation and the gun's already pointed, and they have few options at the point. But sometimes things escalate very quickly, cIT takes a step back and get(s) the person to calm down. CIT officers are better prepared to work through that and come to some kind of solution.