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What does de-escalating mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of de-escalate
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Hanoi responds by de-escalating its insurgency efforts, and in October Johnson orders total halt to bombing.
We also hope that the Arab leaders will contribute to de-escalating the current dangerous phase in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
These meetings were instrumental in de-escalating the situation in late February.
It calls on the parties to cease all military operations immediately and to seek forthwith ways and means of de-escalating the situation.
I think the trust are in the process of de-escalating those situations.
Whenever possible, a de-escalating police approach should be chosen based on dialogue, negotiated management of public space and partnership.

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