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How to use the word defuse in a Sentence?

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That's what I'm doing from a Native American viewpoint to defuse that traditional John Wayne mentality.

Charlie Hill

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are prepared to have a serious dialogue with Russia, because diplomacy is the only way to defuse this highly dangerous situation at the moment.

Annalena Baerbock

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The young and God-believing Iranian scientists managed to achieve a 60% enriched uranium product, i congratulate the brave nation of Islamic Iran on this success. The Iranian nation’s willpower is miraculous and can defuse any conspiracy.

Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We wanted to defuse the situation and get away from these guys.

Rakim Mayers

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

When somebody has that kind of a defuse injury, they need support, they need resources, and service dogs are highly trained pieces of equipment, that helps them manage their medication, that can help with seizures, that can help when they fall. The service dogs provide that extra support 24-hours a day, and actually gives the family a reprieve.

Diego Hernandez

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The airline staff did what they could to defuse the situation, and they reacted appropriately, there were children everywhere, you can hear in the video them crying.

Corey Hour

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The The Vinson group is commanded from Hawaii, rather than the United States military base in Japan, so The Carl Vinson group's a clear American initiative not a Japanese or South Korea one, the Carl Vinson group may defuse attempts to link Japan and South Korea one and thus limit the possibility of any North Korean aggression against them.

United States

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The same automated robot equipment to detonate and defuse bombs was used to place C-4 in place and to detonate that.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In the past few weeks all sides tried to use the tensions for their own (political) benefit. I think that at a table laden with good food we can perhaps defuse these tensions.

Ivan Sandor

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At a time in which we are trying to defuse a persistent and dangerous conflict, this does not contribute towards that.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In order to defuse problems and risks, avoid falling into the 'middle income trap', and achieve modernization, China must rely on development, and development requires an appropriate growth rate, at the same time, China's economic development has entered a 'new normal'.

Premier Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In order to defuse problems and risks, avoid falling into the 'middle income trap', and achieve modernization, China must rely on development and development requires an appropriate growth rate, at the same time, China's economic development has entered a 'new normal'.

Premier Li Keqiang

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

If we miss this opportunity, the chance to defuse the serious conflict in eastern Ukraine by way of negotiations will be gone for a long time.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We're trying to figure out a way to help defuse the tensions and reduce the potential for more conflict and we're exploring various possibilities to that end.

State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We’re trying to figure out a way to help defuse the tensions and reduce the potential for more conflict and we’re exploring various possibilities to that end.

State John Kerry

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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