Meanings of de-escalate the situation in English

Earlier, Gibraltar said it was seeking to de-escalate the situation.

Several other subway riders tried to de-escalate the situation by standing between the women.

Shockingly, not a single person stepped forward to stop the fight and de-escalate the situation.

They are trying to de-escalate the situation, she said.

The time has come for urgent and outcome-oriented major international diplomatic action to de-escalate the situation.

We stand before a dangerous escalation, she said, adding that Germany would work to de-escalate the situation.

We continue to urge the Iranian authorities to de-escalate the situation in the region, a government spokeswoman said.

Spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said the US wanted to "encourage dialogue now... we need to de-escalate the situation".

We have established and time-tested relations with many actors in the region and beyond to de-escalate the situation, she said.

The defence said Mr Tostee was trying to de-escalate the situation, arguing Ms Wright's actions were not rational or foreseeable.

The US-led United Nations command said it had asked North Korea for high-level military talks "to de-escalate the situation".

At a summit in Brussels, the leaders also called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to de-escalate the situation in Gaza and Israel.

Kocijancic said the European Union's executive was calling on all sides to exercise restraint and engage in efforts to de-escalate the situation.

But it was quite apparent from the video that he was trying his best to de-escalate the situation and was not the aggressor.

On Friday, Russian officials discussed with Assad in Damascus the need to de-escalate the situation in northeast Syria, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Mr Allan was critical of the counsellor's decision to probe the boy in relation to the threat and her failure to de-escalate the situation.