Sentence examples for gradually defuse from inspiring English sources

Addressing a closing news conference at the summit in Seogwipo, South Korea, Wen said: "The urgent task for the moment is to properly handle the serious impact caused by the Cheonan incident, gradually defuse tensions over it and avoid possible conflicts".

That, however, would be tricky to defuse gradually, because any withdrawal of stimulus would risk hurting the still-fragile and export-dependent overall economy.

WASHINGTON — With harsh economic sanctions contributing to the first major protests in Iran in three years, Iranian officials have begun to describe what they call a "nine-step plan" to defuse the nuclear crisis with the West by gradually suspending the production of the uranium that would be easiest for them to convert into a nuclear weapon.

At the same time, through "patience and tenacity," he insists that his country will take the lead in defusing a gradually mounting crisis between Washington and North Korea.

They spent many hours in standard psychotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder, gradually becoming exposed to dreaded situations — a moldy shower stall, for instance — and practicing cognitive and relaxation techniques to defuse their anxiety.

They helped to defuse the situation.

Cuadrilla is trying to defuse the opposition.

I'm always trying to defuse it.

We must defuse this conflict.

Diana out trying to defuse a bomb.

But Virgin sought to defuse the row.