Sentence examples for order to defuse from inspiring English sources

The President reiterated the importance of Russia withdrawing its troops from Ukraine's border in order to defuse tensions.

President Kennedy approved the opening of a back channel with the Kremlin in order to defuse what had blown up.

In order to defuse public opposition to taking over Macombs Dam Park, the Yankees are planning to build a park atop a new parking garage to replace it.

The North Korean leader encouraged the US to halt any provocative rhetoric "in order to defuse the tensions and prevent the dangerous military conflict on the Korean peninsula".

Some analysts say the Chinese government may have agreed to the ninth round of talks in order to defuse criticism of China as the meeting between Mr. Obama and the Dalai Lama approaches.

And in order to defuse this risk the new president would have to put into place at least some of his dafter ideas, if only as a political gesture.

They tied him to a long rope and ordered him to defuse the bomb.

Sudan, too, is like a time-bomb, which, in order to be defused, will require holding in-depth and serious talks between China and the United States, as they both play roles there that stretch from oil interests to Washington sponsoring the partition of Sudan.

Having been stopped by a joint army-police patrol, Ervine was ordered at gunpoint to defuse the bomb himself.

Last September, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ordered new rules specifically to defuse tensions over Afghan civilian deaths.

China will send a business delegation to the United States to order goods in a bid to defuse American complaints about the ballooning trade imbalance between the countries, a senior Chinese trade official said.