| 释义 | de-escalate
 de-es·ca·lateor de·es·ca·late (dē-ĕs′kə-lāt′)v. de-es·ca·lat·ed, de-es·ca·lat·ing, de-es·ca·lates or de·es·ca·lat·ed or de·es·ca·lat·ing or de·es·ca·lates v.tr. To decrease the size, scope, or intensity of (a war, for example).v.intr. To decrease or diminish in size, scope, or intensity: The birth rate has begun to de-escalate.de-es′ca·la′tion n.de-es′ca·la·tor′y (-lə-tôr′ē) adj.
 de-escalate(diːˈɛskəˌleɪt) vbto reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc) de-ˌescaˈlation nde-es•ca•lateor de•es•ca•late(diˈɛs kəˌleɪt)
 v.t.,  v.i.  -lat•ed, -lat•ing.  to decrease in intensity, magnitude, amount, or the like.  [1960–65]  de-es`ca•la′tion, n.    de-es′ca•la•to`ry  (-ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i)  adj.
 de-escalatePast participle: de-escalated
 Gerund: de-escalating
 
 | Imperative | 
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 | de-escalate |  | de-escalate | 
 | Present | 
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 | I de-escalate |  | you de-escalate |  | he/she/it de-escalates |  | we de-escalate |  | you de-escalate |  | they de-escalate | 
 | Preterite | 
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 | I de-escalated |  | you de-escalated |  | he/she/it de-escalated |  | we de-escalated |  | you de-escalated |  | they de-escalated | 
 | Present Continuous | 
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 | I am de-escalating |  | you are de-escalating |  | he/she/it is de-escalating |  | we are de-escalating |  | you are de-escalating |  | they are de-escalating | 
 | Present Perfect | 
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 | I have de-escalated |  | you have de-escalated |  | he/she/it has de-escalated |  | we have de-escalated |  | you have de-escalated |  | they have de-escalated | 
 | Past Continuous | 
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 | I was de-escalating |  | you were de-escalating |  | he/she/it was de-escalating |  | we were de-escalating |  | you were de-escalating |  | they were de-escalating | 
 | Past Perfect | 
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 | I had de-escalated |  | you had de-escalated |  | he/she/it had de-escalated |  | we had de-escalated |  | you had de-escalated |  | they had de-escalated | 
 | Future | 
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 | I will de-escalate |  | you will de-escalate |  | he/she/it will de-escalate |  | we will de-escalate |  | you will de-escalate |  | they will de-escalate | 
 | Future Perfect | 
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 | I will have de-escalated |  | you will have de-escalated |  | he/she/it will have de-escalated |  | we will have de-escalated |  | you will have de-escalated |  | they will have de-escalated | 
 | Future Continuous | 
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 | I will be de-escalating |  | you will be de-escalating |  | he/she/it will be de-escalating |  | we will be de-escalating |  | you will be de-escalating |  | they will be de-escalating | 
 | Present Perfect Continuous | 
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 | I have been de-escalating |  | you have been de-escalating |  | he/she/it has been de-escalating |  | we have been de-escalating |  | you have been de-escalating |  | they have been de-escalating | 
 | Future Perfect Continuous | 
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 | I will have been de-escalating |  | you will have been de-escalating |  | he/she/it will have been de-escalating |  | we will have been de-escalating |  | you will have been de-escalating |  | they will have been de-escalating | 
 | Past Perfect Continuous | 
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 | I had been de-escalating |  | you had been de-escalating |  | he/she/it had been de-escalating |  | we had been de-escalating |  | you had been de-escalating |  | they had been de-escalating | 
 | Conditional | 
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 | I would de-escalate |  | you would de-escalate |  | he/she/it would de-escalate |  | we would de-escalate |  | you would de-escalate |  | they would de-escalate | 
 Thesaurus| Past Conditional | 
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 | I would have de-escalated |  | you would have de-escalated |  | he/she/it would have de-escalated |  | we would have de-escalated |  | you would have de-escalated |  | they would have de-escalated | 
 Translations| Verb | 1. | de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time"decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |  |  | 2. | de-escalate - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"step down, weakenminify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"escalate, intensify, step up - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" | 
 de-escalate
 pull the plugVox populiverb
 (1) A popular term meaning to withdraw nutritional support and ventilation from a patient in a persistent vegetative states.
 (2) In the common parlance, pulling the plug refers to the precipitate disruption of electron flow from a power grid to an electrical device in use or on standby, by abrupt application of a lateral counter-force from a mutually positioned female receptacle.
 de-escalate(dē-ĕs′kă-lāt″) To defuse a potentially dangerous interaction between two or more individuals.de-escalate
 Synonyms for de-escalateverb diminish in size, scope, or intensityRelated Wordsdecreasediminishlessenfall
 verb reduce the level or intensity or size or scope ofSynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms |