Sentence examples for to defuse further from inspiring English sources

The Football Association has confirmed it cancelled the handshake before the FA Cup fourth-round tie between QPR and Chelsea "to defuse further tensions".

The incident comes after the FA recently took steps to "defuse further tensions" between QPR and Chelsea by abandoning the handshake prior to the FA Cup fourth-round tie between the clubs.

In order to defuse further pressure, any accord must have teeth and avoid simple lip service.

As QPR defender Ferdinand was thought likely to refuse to shake hands with Terry, the FA, in consultation with officials of the two clubs, decided cancelling the handshakes entirely would "defuse further tensions".

Dale sought to defuse the situation further by insisting that there was "no real violence" involved and that "the only injury was when the man's dog bit him on the bum".

Mubarak's resignation came after a turbulent 24 hours in which a televised address to the nation that was intended to defuse the crisis only further infuriated the protesters and prompted the largest demonstrations to date.

In a further attempt to defuse any tensions, a team of a dozen local pastors from various faiths will rotate in four allocated courtroom seats and report their observations to the community.

The defense also has the task of further trying to defuse the prosecution's disclosure that Mr. Taubman held 12 private meetings with his former Christie's counterpart, Sir Anthony Tennant, who has been indicted on charges of hatching the scheme with him.

And now Ed Miliband seeks to defuse the Ukip threat by pledging further crackdowns on immigration.

To explain any further would be to defuse an elegantly arranged story told with all the pleasure and lip-licking aptitude for detail of a practised gossip.

Nonetheless, diplomats, scholars and political analysts here said they were hopeful it contained enough positive signals to buy some breathing room for further diplomatic initiatives to defuse the crisis between the nuclear-armed rivals.