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DE-ESCALATE Antonyms

4 antonyms for de-escalate. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For DE-ESCALATE

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escalate

verb

v

verb

• increase in extent or intensity

heighten

verb

v

verb

• become more extreme

• make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

• increase the level of

• increase the height of

• make (one's senses) more acute

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

increase

verb

v

noun

• a quantity that is added

• a change resulting in an increase

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• the amount by which something increases

• the act of increasing something

verb

• become bigger or greater in amount

• make bigger or more

intensify

verb

v

verb

• increase in extent or intensity

• make more intense, stronger, or more marked

• become more intense

• make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

Alternatives for ESCALATE

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Alternatives for HEIGHTEN

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