Sentence examples for helping to defuse from inspiring English sources

"The United States government should take the lead in helping to defuse this environmental time bomb".

It has more than a dozen missions, scattered from Georgia to Latvia, helping to defuse ethnic and political tensions.

During a mix-up over appointment times, another receptionist responded calmly to an elderly patient who had begun shouting racial epithets, helping to defuse the situation.

Of course, other areas of Europe are producing abundant amounts of garbage, including southern Italy, where cities like Naples paid towns in Germany and the Netherlands to accept garbage, helping to defuse a Neapolitan garbage crisis.

Today's world is as different as possible from the one that produced organisation man: an unusual degree of turbulence requires unusual bosses, rather than steady-as-she-goes functionaries.The best defence of these faceless bosses lies in the realm of public relations, rather than management they are helping to defuse public anger at corporate excesses.

Indeed, perhaps the most upsetting aspect of Wednesday's highly-publicised spat is that it took so long for the dozens of spectators watching to get involved – which doesn't necessarily mean throwing oneself into the line of fire, but helping to defuse a tension from which violence is a regrettably predictable outcome.

They helped to defuse the situation.

He helped to defuse tensions after the Crown Heights riots.

He thus maintained the tradition of royal patronage, which helped to defuse social conflict.

The deal will help to defuse threats of strikes by public sector workers.

He said the American intelligence assessment "should help to defuse the current crisis".