Police stepped aside on Tuesday and allowed them in, defusing the confrontation.

The US has been critical in defusing previous crises in the past.

It was a little like I imagined defusing a bomb would be.

McQueen's face tightened, but he waved a hand in a tension-defusing gesture.

Yingluck called the election this month in the hope of defusing the crisis.

Some bots have been defusing bombs for years, but none have seen combat.

Prokhorov said it was unclear whether Putin was capable of defusing growing discontent.

Chertoff and Ashcroft succeeded in defusing any congressional effort to regulate military commissions.

This is exactly the kind of thing I am supposed to be defusing!

Mr Pyatt said the immediate international efforts will be concentrated on defusing the situation.

Analysis: For the Government, tackling the childcare problem is akin to defusing a bomb.

Lynch said he had his own way of defusing confrontations.

The last mission I played had me defusing bombs by slicing the correct wire.

I already knew EOD specialists were experts in defusing and exploding bombs and mines.

After three years of dealing with Castro, Alekseev was accustomed to defusing his anger.

One way of defusing misunderstanding is to include cues as to your emotional state.