escalation [escalations](a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict) noun [UK: ˌe.skə.ˈleɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌe.skə.ˈleɪʃ.n̩]
деэскалацияnoun {f}
de-escalation [de-escalations](a decrease in scope, extension or severity) noun [UK: də ˌe.skə.ˈleɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˈdiː ˌe.skə.ˈleɪʃ.n̩]