Synonyms for de-escalation
de-es·ca·la·tion

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1. de-escalationnoun

   Antonyms:
   escalation

2. de-escalationnoun

   Antonyms:
   escalation

Princeton's WordNet

1. de-escalationnoun

   (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)

Matched Categories

1. • Reduction
   • War

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1. List of paraphrases for "de-escalation":

   détente, escalation, calming

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1. Andrew Frankel:

   You came in this morning and everybody was talking about this potential escalation of violence between Turkey and Russia, russia's response could have been a lot more confrontational.

2. Le Drian:

   The meeting between (U.S.) President (Donald) Trump and (Iranian) President (Hassan) Rouhani is not the number one subject. The priority subject is whether we can restart a de-escalation path with the different actors.

3. Kenneth Corey:

   They are extensively trained in minimal force techniques. They receive advanced tactics, car stop, de-escalation is central to all of it, communication skills is a big part of it, courtroom testimony training, and as the commissioner indicated, constitutional policing.

4. The Powderhorn Safety Collective:

   We are neighbors providing support to the community with compassion and care in mind, as a collective, we commit to the practices of nonviolence and de-escalation with the end goal of strengthening the social fabric of the neighborhood.

5. Stephen Innes:

   No party wants a real war, but the risk of mishap or even aggressive war game escalation is real, which could always lead to a tactical mistake.