Sentence examples for would defuse from inspiring English sources

"It would defuse everything, and disarm them," she said.

This would defuse the crisis (and, as a bonus, allow Mr Schmitt to prove his independence).

Ataka's demand for a referendum would defuse the issue, he claimed, somewhat bafflingly.

They thought this would defuse any story that the magazine eventually published.

Fulham complained to the Premier League and Liverpool would defuse the situation with an apology.

That would defuse, they hope, trouble between Turkey's own Kurdish minority and the Iraqi Kurds.

There were indications of growing support, by both the United States and Egypt, for an option that would extend the moratorium for three months, during which the two sides would try to resolve their differences over border issues — a step that would help defuse the settlement dispute, because it would be easier to determine the sites for future building.

This would help defuse gender conflicts, Bailo said, and would allow girls to successfully compete in upper weight classes, where they are at a greater disadvantage against boys because of differences in upper body strength.

That would make the policy revenue-neutral, and would also defuse the risk to governments who want to push ahead but fear losing a war waged on tax competition.Acting in concert or alone, countries should act soon.

"Somebody with massive, detailed knowledge of the events in Thatcher's time would sort of sniffily say, 'Well, that's not the way things were,' and then we'd kind of all stare at our chicken curry and somebody would eventually defuse the tension," Knight recalled.

"I thought it would help defuse the situation".