deescalate

Example Sentences

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Officers arrived and encountered a man matching the description provided by the caller and attempted to deescalate the situation, police said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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

Senior U.S. officials including presidential envoy Tom Barrack and U.S. military leaders in the region have been working to deescalate the fight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

That alone was usually enough to deescalate the situation, and it did not fail her now.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny