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• n  (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war)

• However, it seems unlikely that any of the proposals calling for either de-escalation or withdrawal would solve quite as many problems as their advocates believe.
• Results of this de-escalation should show more plainly next season.
• At that time, the President began demanding some form of de-escalation from Hanoi in exchange for calling off the bombers.

News & Articles

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• U.S. Talks With Taliban Raise Hope of an Easier Afghan Exit
  Meetings open the possibility that by the time the U.S. ends its combat missions in 2014 there will at least be some 'de-escalation' in the conflict
  June 19, 2013 - Time Magazine

Quotes

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• Pranab Mukherjee in AFP
  First there should be escalation from the Indian side, then the question of de-escalation will come. We have not escalated anything,Mukherjee told the Press Trust of India news agency.
• Asif Ali Zardari in Hindu
  We would appreciate the de-escalation of Indian troops in Kashmir and bringing normalcy in Kashmir. The army by design, wherever it is, by its nature is crude -- whether it is your army or any other army,PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari told PTI...
• Angela Merkel in The Muslim News
  The attacks did not start from the Israeli side, but from Hezbollah's side,said Merkel. "We call on the powers in the region to seek to bring about a de-escalation of the situation."