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- verb To decrease in
intensity ormagnitude .
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Examples
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When it happens, "it is often because there has been a lack of the appropriate tools to deescalate the situation," she said.
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When it happens, "it is often because there has been a lack of the appropriate tools to deescalate the situation," she said.
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However, if one is looking for “hope” fully, a “yes we can” response to rebuilding America, perhaps we can seek to not * escalate* but to * deescalate* areas of disagreement.
Bush Declares State of Emergency for Inauguration - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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But the demand that Iran suspend the enrichment of nuclear material was never part of the fuel swap deal, and indeed the whole point of the fuel swap deal was to deescalate tensions around Iran's growing stockpile of enriched uranium without recourse to the politically unachievable demand that Iran suspend enrichment of uranium.
Robert Naiman: It's "Gollllllll!" for Lula Against Western Push for Iran Sanctions 2010
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A diplomatic reshuffle in China added to the tensions as it left U.S. policymakers unsure who to call to deescalate the situation.
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A chaotic situation for sure, obviously, and weather conditions, and just basically just get in there and doing our job because that's what we're trained to do is to go in situations like that and do the best we can to deescalate the chaos and save some lives.
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And weather conditions and basically just get in there and doing our jobs because that's what we're trained to do is to go into situations like that and do the best we can to deescalate the chaos and save some lives.
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A chaotic situation for sure, obviously, and weather conditions, and just basically just get in there and doing our job because that's what we're trained to do is to go in situations like that and do the best we can to deescalate the chaos and save some lives.
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He also said the US is doing its best to deescalate the tensions between the two nuclear rivals, Pakistan and India.
GroundReport: US Praises Pakistan Cooperation In Mumbai Attacks Probe 2009
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Description: Attempt to deescalate conflict between inebriated roommate and a local man is misunderstood.
Billy Kimball: My "Teachable Moments" with the Cambridge Police 2009
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