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Discover LudwigThe phrase "defuse by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation in which one intends to calm or reduce tension, often in situations of conflict between people. For example, "Mary tried to defuse the situation by offering to buy everyone dinner."
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You can send sparks flying by scratching it against the streets, or see the light defuse by sticking it inside a cloud.
The wider political pressure Telegram is doubtless hoping to defuse by purging ISIS content from the public face of its messaging platform is from the kneejerk response of governments and security agencies once again briefing against strong encryption in the wake of the latest terrorist attack — in a bid to scapegoat technology and deflect attention away from their own policy failures.
Gene fusion candidates for each sample were determined using defuse by McPherson et al. (2011) on the RNA reads.
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That bomb was defused by the police.
The device was defused by police bomb disposal experts.
Tensions were also defused by real time handling of rumours.
This week a car bomb, again in Bilbao, was defused by police.
As such, it can also be defused by policy, if not easily or quickly.
America's horror of "nationalization" could be defused by handing out shares to all American households.
The bomb was defused by Dutch military experts, and no one was injured, Ms. Rijsdorp said.
He said the crisis was defused by the local government, backed by the police, although officers sided with the workers.
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