de-escalate

How To Use de-escalate In A Sentence

• The promise was made on November 8th in order to de-escalate the stand-off with police who were preparing to attack those inside the building as well as their supporters on the street.
• Teams that actively navigate conflict and de-escalate regularly can learn to thrive in level 1 conflict...
• There are signs that the confrontation is beginning to de-escalate.
• On the other hand, it is arguably in the national interest to de-escalate tensions.
• So you build in, very early on, into the process - because what you want is to de-escalate this thing, you want to resolve it.
• If they had been taught how to de-escalate situations, if this was standard police policy, there's no question that officers would respond more appropriately and lives would be saved.
• It works by interrupting the transmission of conflict: by using credible messengers trained in violence prevention to defuse or de-escalate it. Rioting is a disease spread from person to person. The key is to stop the infection
• The aim is to de-escalate conflict and show we can be peacekeepers, but there comes a time if people are throwing bricks at you then you must put the helmets back on.
• This couple, which is typical of our long-term couples, are real pros at being married and at using positive affect - like humor and gentle teasing - to de-escalate conflict.
• Officers should get crisis intervention training to ensure they can use other avenues to de-escalate tense situations. Archive 2009-07-01