Sentence examples for Defuse the crisis from inspiring English sources

Hence China's unusually high-profile efforts to defuse the crisis.

Syria appeared eager to try to defuse the crisis.

This would defuse the crisis (and, as a bonus, allow Mr Schmitt to prove his independence).

Eventually it looked as though the Indian government had managed to defuse the crisis.

He added: "If it is simultaneous it would not defuse the crisis, and the whole idea is to defuse the crisis".

The United States Director of Central Intelligence, Robert M. Gates, flew out to defuse the crisis.

The question now is whether Mr. Modi can defuse the crisis.

Attempts to discredit the video and to defuse the crisis did not dispel growing mistrust.

He proposed a four-stage process to defuse the crisis over Kashmir.

Last week, Russian officials said the clashes in Slovyansk had destroyed last month's Geneva Pact intended to defuse the crisis.

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev Federico Lombardi, attempted to defuse the crisis by saying Benedict had been misunderstood.