Sentence examples for defuse over from inspiring English sources

The official response was to allow them to air their grievances, order supplies and allow the situation to defuse over time.

Also in Iraq, military robots have defused over 10,000 roadside bombs, which are responsible for 40% of U.S. casualties there.

In Iraq, robots have defused over 10,000 roadside bombs, which are responsible for 40% of U.S. casualties there.

That relationship has been defused over the past few years, so it's good to see it re-established.

Or perhaps it was defused, over time, by another reverie, in which he rowed down a river with children, on a golden afternoon.

Leaders of Uganda and neighboring Rwanda met over the weekend to defuse tensions over their role in the fighting in Congo.

At the same time, the leaders of Uganda and neighboring Rwanda met over the weekend to defuse tensions over one of the problems that has most troubled Ugandans -- Uganda's role in the fighting in Congo.

There's no hotline, for example, to defuse tensions over a conflict at sea, such as the Vietnam-China skirmish over the Spratlys in 1988 in which 70 Vietnamese sailors were killed.

Cameron has tried to defuse anger over his terrorism remarks, calling the affair a "misunderstanding".

Last September, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ordered new rules specifically to defuse tensions over Afghan civilian deaths.

Greece moved to inject fresh momentum into problem-plagued talks with creditors on Monday, reshuffling its negotiating team to try and defuse tensions over its outspoken finance minister.