Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to de-escalate
Participle: de-escalated
Gerund: de-escalating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | de-escalate |
| you | de-escalate |
| he;she;it | de-escalates |
| we | de-escalate |
| you | de-escalate |
| they | de-escalate |
Perfect
| I | have de-escalated |
| you | have de-escalated |
| he;she;it | has de-escalated |
| we | have de-escalated |
| you | have de-escalated |
| they | have de-escalated |
Past
| I | de-escalated |
| you | de-escalated |
| he;she;it | de-escalated |
| we | de-escalated |
| you | de-escalated |
| they | de-escalated |
Pluperfect
| I | had de-escalated |
| you | had de-escalated |
| he;she;it | had de-escalated |
| we | had de-escalated |
| you | had de-escalated |
| they | had de-escalated |
Future
| I | will de-escalate |
| you | will de-escalate |
| he;she;it | will de-escalate |
| we | will de-escalate |
| you | will de-escalate |
| they | will de-escalate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have de-escalated |
| you | will have de-escalated |
| he;she;it | will have de-escalated |
| we | will have de-escalated |
| you | will have de-escalated |
| they | will have de-escalated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | de-escalate |
| you | de-escalate |
| he;she;it | de-escalate |
| we | de-escalate |
| you | de-escalate |
| they | de-escalate |
Perfect
| I | have de-escalated |
| you | have de-escalated |
| he;she;it | have de-escalated |
| we | have de-escalated |
| you | have de-escalated |
| they | have de-escalated |
Imperfect
| I | de-escalated |
| you | de-escalated |
| he;she;it | de-escalated |
| we | de-escalated |
| you | de-escalated |
| they | de-escalated |
Pluperfect
| I | had de-escalated |
| you | had de-escalated |
| he;she;it | had de-escalated |
| we | had de-escalated |
| you | had de-escalated |
| they | had de-escalated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would de-escalate |
| you | would de-escalate |
| he;she;it | would de-escalate |
| we | would de-escalate |
| you | would de-escalate |
| they | would de-escalate |
Perfect
| I | would have de-escalated |
| you | would have de-escalated |
| he;she;it | would have de-escalated |
| we | would have de-escalated |
| you | would have de-escalated |
| they | would have de-escalated |
Imperative
| you | de-escalate |
| we | Let's de-escalate |
| you | de-escalate |
Verbs conjugated like 'de-escalate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'de-escalate'
deescalate,
reescalate,
demasculate,
deosculate,
escalate,
deacylate,
debellate,
debenzylate,
dedecorate,
deexcitate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *de
3. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
5. Proto-Italic *dē
6. Latin dē
7. Latin dē-der.
8. English de-
9. English escalate
10. English de-escalate
11. From de- + escalate.
Sample Sentences
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We asked authors to consider two scenarios imaginable in the next five years. In the first scenario, a minor skirmish escalated into a multiweek maritime blockade of Taiwan by China. Although several dozen members of the Chinese and Taiwanese military were killed, U.S. intervention eventually forced China to de-escalate. [2026 January 19, Bonnie S. Glaser, Zack Cooper, “A Failed Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Would Be Disastrous for Xi Jinping”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2026, Analysis:]