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  • verb Present participle of deescalate.

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Examples

  • I had stopped cutting myself between my legs when the fights between my mother and me had deescalated.

    The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

  • I had stopped cutting myself between my legs when the fights between my mother and me had deescalated.

    The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

  • As far as the situation on the ground, we're pleased that the line of control has been reestablished, and the situation has deescalated somewhat.

    Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart ITY National Archives 1999

  • Calderón is not the first Mexican leader to confront these cartels; President Vicente Fox launched a similar effort after first being elected in 2000, but he deescalated and was forced to tolerate local "truces" with the gangsters once the violence got out of hand.

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  • At approximately midnight, I called the EOC to obtain firsthand knowledge and offer my assistance and remain in command until the incident deescalated.

    unknown title 2009

  • At approximately midnight, I called the EOC to obtain firsthand knowledge and offer my assistance and remain in command until the incident deescalated.

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  • Wasn't a hand-job that deescalated a growing crisis within the bounds of discretion, if not good taste?

    Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8

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