Sentence examples for measures to defuse from inspiring English sources

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Ukraine must end military operations in the east of the country as part of urgent measures to defuse the crisis.

At the local, organizational level developing increasingly efficient non-coercive verbal pacification measures to defuse potentially explosive situations would be pertinent, as well as triage systems with a particular focus on alcohol abuse, by far the substance of abuse of choice in this population.

Republicans staged separate votes on the two measures, seeking to defuse a politically potent Democratic issue in the November election by promoting one of their own, tax cuts, and then merged the two measures into one bill.

They argued that ecological catastrophe, resource wars and other tragedies were inevitable unless radical measures were taken to defuse the coming "population bomb".

"Repressive measures are not the way to defuse this situation," said Mr. Rumbiak, director of the Institution for Human Rights Studies and Advocacy, a private agency.

Brazil's beleaguered President Dilma Rousseff promised to roll out sweeping anti-corruption measures today in an attempt to defuse nationwide protests demanding her impeachment.

A third is that it creates a safety valve to defuse demands for extreme measures.

In New Delhi, top Indian officials convened to weigh proposals to reduce the powers of the armed forces and ease tight security measures in some districts of the region as steps to defuse the crisis.

Despite the attempts by Morsi and his aides to defuse the tension, insisting the new measures were temporary, those attending the rival rallies made clear that far more difficult issues were at stake for the two camps.

Senator Trent Lott, the majority leader and a supporter of the bill, has said the Senate does not have time to defuse all possible amendments and to vote on the measure before the weeklong July 4 recess.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has traveled to NATO capitals to offer allies access to American-made armored transport vehicles and a host of technology and surveillance measures to find and defuse roadside bombs.