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DE-ESCALATION

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Dictionary entry overview: What does de-escalation mean?

• DE-ESCALATION (noun)
The noun DE-ESCALATION has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: DE-ESCALATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DE-ESCALATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("de-escalation" is a kind of...):

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)

Domain category:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

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