0 present participle of defuse --
2 to make a difficult or dangerous situation calmer by reducing or removing its cause: --
We play an active part in defusing regional tensions which might fuel proliferation.
I am grateful to the security forces for defusing it before there was loss of life and damage to property.
I have even proposed a way of defusing some of the political difficulties that might be involved.
It appears that some progress was made in defusing tension.
But dwelling on violence will not help us to reach proposals for defusing this situation.
I believe that this area, research, provides a way of defusing one of the main causes of such conflicts - the battle for raw materials.
The tinder is there; but, rather than defusing the situation, we seem to be sitting back.
But who can tell what subtle, beneficial defusing effect it might eventually disseminate through the world?
