Local police are trying to defuse racial tension in the community.

当地的警察竭力缓和这个社区种族间的紧张局面。

《牛津词典》

It'll take some very fancy footwork by government officials to defuse the situation.

政府官员们需要想出相当漂亮的妙招才能化险为夷。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Each time I've tried to defuse the situation without a fight.

每一次，我都想方设法缓和事态，极力避免以战斗的方式解决问题。

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Splice uses unexpected flashes of dark humor to defuse the tension as it draws the audience into ever-more shocking story turns.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Clinton,appearing at the State Department's daily press briefing, said she did not want to speculate on Iran's political future, but she that the reported recount is unlikely to do much to defuse election-related tensions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

In my opinion, it could be an abuse." In an apparent effort to defuse tensions on the eve of the anniversary, Vladimir Putin has written an article which appears in the Monday edition of Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborca.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

The MP stayed away from the Conservative Party conference in an attempt to defuse the row.

BBC: Andrew Mitchell

It is this anger that the mainstream parties have so conspicuously failed to defuse.

ECONOMIST: The French elections

McDonald's Corp. has used an in-house ombudsman since 1975 to defuse conflicts with franchisees.

WSJ: Arbitration Holds Steady For Franchising Disputes