Sentence examples for defusing the from inspiring English sources

"It has the effect of defusing the pressure," he said.

Yet it's hard to imagine chili peppers defusing the fury of the Wazirs.

Fifty years ago, J.F.K. chose jaw-jaw over war-war in defusing the Cuban missile crisis.

Mr. Hester said previously that repairing R.B.S. was like defusing "the biggest time bomb in history".

Instead of defusing the first demonstrations last week, he made the situation worse.

Far from defusing the situation, the remarks of President Thein Sein were highly provocative.

He called his accord a sound step toward defusing the Iran confrontation.

Both are concessions to the opposition aimed at defusing the crisis.

What came out instead was a substantive document, involving concrete steps towards defusing the crisis.

American pressure on both sides played a significant role in defusing the conflict.

Still, she praised the show for "defusing the taboo nature of just speaking about sexuality".