Definition of "deescalated" []

• Present participle of deescalate. (verb)

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• "I had stopped cutting myself between my legs when the fights between my mother and me had deescalated."
• "As far as the situation on the ground, we're pleased that the line of control has been reestablished, and the situation has deescalated somewhat."
• "Calderón is not the first Mexican leader to confront these cartels; President Vicente Fox launched a similar effort after first being elected in 2000, but he deescalated and was forced to tolerate local "truces" with the gangsters once the violence got out of hand."