de-escalation

1. 1.

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

   Broaderdecrease

   war

Questions about de-escalation

What does de-escalation mean?

de-escalation means "(war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)".

How many syllables are in de-escalation?

de-escalation has 5 syllables: de--e-sca-la-tion. The stress falls on "la".

Is de-escalation a common word?

de-escalation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.