Sentence examples for defuse further from inspiring English sources
The Football Association has confirmed it cancelled the handshake before the FA Cup fourth-round tie between QPR and Chelsea "to defuse further tensions".
The incident comes after the FA recently took steps to "defuse further tensions" between QPR and Chelsea by abandoning the handshake prior to the FA Cup fourth-round tie between the clubs.
As QPR defender Ferdinand was thought likely to refuse to shake hands with Terry, the FA, in consultation with officials of the two clubs, decided cancelling the handshakes entirely would "defuse further tensions".
In order to defuse further pressure, any accord must have teeth and avoid simple lip service.
Dale sought to defuse the situation further by insisting that there was "no real violence" involved and that "the only injury was when the man's dog bit him on the bum".
A tense state of anticipation gripped much of the Middle East today as Israelis and Arabs waited to see whether the conflict in Lebanon would defuse or intensify further and revive active hostilities between Israel and its neighbors.
Change the subject or do what you feel is appropriate to further defuse the tension.
Mubarak's resignation came after a turbulent 24 hours in which a televised address to the nation that was intended to defuse the crisis only further infuriated the protesters and prompted the largest demonstrations to date.
And if popular culture provides signs of the times, as Mr. Frank suggests, then the subject may be even further defused.
Tensions were further defused when the YPG withdrew to a position east of the Euphrates, leaving the west bank mostly to the Turks and Turkish-backed elements of the Free Syrian Army FSAA).
Will other financial stocks rally, on the news this crisis has been defused, or fall further on the realization that the deleveraging of the financial system is destroying values even more rapidly than it was created by the excessive leverage of previous years?
