Sentence examples for defuse up from inspiring English sources

The find sparked a search of the area for secondary devices and a helicopter was sent in to defuse up to 1,000lb of the homemade explosives, primed for use and packed into two wheelie bins at the side of the busy Monaghan Road.

The hot line that had been used in past years to defuse flare-ups or hold significant North-South dialogue is at Panmunjom, the so-called truce village on the border.

"Then he [the man on the phone] rocked up, screaming to pack up the barbecue and move on, and then a young guy stood up to defuse the situation and ended up in a brawl".

Now would be an ideal time for China to step up to defuse tensions — and in fact there is a window of opportunity, because Beijing is anxious about President Hu Jintao's state visit to Washington this January.

Admirably free of plot, the movie unfolds as more of collection of five or six vignettes as the bomb squad spends their days negotiating a series of increasingly hair-raising death-traps as they dig up and defuse IEDs buried in garbage, cars, and strapped both in and on human bodies.

While these calls for boycotts, demonstrations, and abject expressions of xenophobia are bound to quickly defuse, is this flare-up representative of a deeper public sentiment?

I cried for days when Toby was blown up defusing a bomb on a pier.

The United States has paid $1.2 billion (more than any other nation) to defuse land mines and clean up war zones.

Once the F.T.C. became involved, G.M. moved to defuse the issue by setting up a binding arbitration settlement mechanism at the Better Business Bureau for unhappy diesel owners.

Time's Up also helps defuse criticism that the spotlight on the #MeToo movement has been dominated by the accusers of high-profile men, while the travails of working-class women have been overlooked.

She would sooner talk about her work, wax lyrical about Paul Abbott's writing quirks, his tendency to make up words and defuse a serious scene with a dash of slapstick.