deescalate
Example Sentences
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“I do understand that Eric was attempting to deescalate a conflict during the holiday block party with children and families,” Gipson wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
I decided to help out and deescalate the situation.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2026
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, told me that their newest model, GPT-5, is a better model to “respond to potential signs of mental and emotional distress” and to deescalate them “in a supportive, grounding way.”
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that during talks with his Chinese counterpart, the two sides had agreed to reboot military-to-military links to "deconflict and deescalate".
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025
That alone was usually enough to deescalate the situation, and it did not fail her now.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
