Sentence examples for a way of defusing from inspiring English sources

It's partly shorthand, but it's also a way of defusing the threat.

Abe is likely to appeal directly to common interests as a way of defusing or circumventing Trump's more alarming statements.

Robinson and deputy first minister Martin McGuinness will hold talks with British and Irish ministers later this week to find a way of defusing the union flag crisis.

"The Kerner Commission on inner-city riots was appointed by Lyndon Johnson as a way of defusing the issue," the presidential historian Robert Dallek recalled.

Maybe, like swearwords, it is merely a way of defusing something intrinsically frightening, shedding a garish light on the shadows and taboos of sex.

Most editors agree that early, constructive intervention in the thread by the authors is a way of defusing tension ordinarily but I don't think is likely to put off those with a disruptive agenda.

It's provided a useful way of defusing the controversy over treatments which are blocked by NICE.

Since a full defense of Oppy's defense of DDS is beyond the scope of the present entry, we shall focus on a second way of defusing the objection.

If you find yourself in a really awkward situation, say so! "Sorry that was awkward, I'm the queen of that" is a funny way of defusing the situation.

So I think that in a way, instead of defusing the situation, it escalates the situation.

(Although self-satire might also be seen as a rather clever, very British way of defusing real criticism).