de-escalate
C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Medicine verb
To reduce the intensity of a tense or agitated situation through calm communication.
Lowering my voice and acknowledging his frustration helped de-escalate the confrontation at the desk.
Business verb
To reduce the intensity or hostility of a conflict or dispute.
Reframing the disagreement as a shared problem helped de-escalate the exchange.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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