Sentence examples for escalate a situation from inspiring English sources
But doing so could escalate a situation that might be resolved more efficiently, cheaply, and peacefully.
It will make you escalate a situation to where it is needed.
The language is too inflammatory, they said, and had the potential to escalate a situation.
"All the witnesses say they didn't see police officers attempt to perform CPR," said Crump, adding: "They're supposed to de-escalate, not escalate a situation, and everything you see in that video escalated the situation".
Advocates for people with disabilities say that if law enforcement personnel are not properly trained on how to deal with this population, they might misinterpret, and even escalate, a situation.
If you're willing escalate a situation to a heightened level of tension and conflict, in many cases others will back down.
Sometimes just keeping your cool, using logic and rational argument will be sufficient to de-escalate a situation.
"An officer can only de-escalate a situation if the person they're dealing with is willing to de-escalate," Cunningham said.
Abbott's attorney, Lance LoRusso, said in a statement Abbott is cooperating with the investigation, and that his comments were meant to "de-escalate a situation involving an uncooperative passenger".
