Sentence examples for defuse any from inspiring English sources

Hingis once had the genius to defuse any opponent's power.

More conservative newspapers, including The Times, tried to defuse any explosive implications of the opinion.

They thought this would defuse any story that the magazine eventually published.

But this time there is no Mr Chávez at the helm to defuse any popular frustration.

They are patient enough to manoeuvre their preferred successor into pole position and defuse any ticking time bombs.

Involving individual investors on such a scale might defuse any desire to try to price the deal too high.

Mrs. Clinton quickly forced Mr. Crowley out, defusing any potential friction.

But his humor — the commonplace wit of the polymath — defuses any accusation of polemicism.

The knowledge that, for the first time, British people really were "all in it together" was critical in defusing any revolutionary sentiment.

One member said the exercise had in effect become a device to defer a complex political negotiation that is crucial to defusing any potential for civil conflict.

Armstrong, a brash Texan, wrote on Twitter that Contador "has a lot to learn," but they later said they had defused any controversy.