| defuse tension | 24.49 | They defuse tensions by having sex. | ||
| defuse crisis | 17.51 | Diplomacy defused that crisis. | ||
| defuse bomb | 12.51 | The bomb was defused. | ||
| defuse situation | 8.49 | That usually defused the situation. | ||
| defuse device | 3.95 | The device was defused. | ||
| defuse conflict | 2.57 | But now the OSCE is seeking to defuse the conflict. | ||
| defuse issue | 2.50 | The action helped defuse the issue. | ||
| defuse criticism | 2.11 | By joining in, Bush and Gore can try to defuse criticism by embracing it. | ||
| defuse dispute | 1.91 | Clinton said he worked for days to defuse the dispute. | ||
| defuse explosive | 1.84 | More explosives found were defused. | ||
| defuse row | 1.84 | But the row was defused in last-minute negotiations. | ||
| defuse confrontation | 1.78 | It said military leaders from the two sides met and defused the confrontation. | ||
| defuse controversy | 1.78 | Austria coach Herbert Prohaska tried to defuse the controversy. | ||
| defuse mine | 1.65 | The mines were defused by authorities. | ||
| defuse protest | 1.58 | The opposition and the Socialists appeared to be seeking a way to defuse the protests. | ||
| defuse anger | 1.18 | He had played a key role in defusing public anger. | ||
| defuse standoff | 1.12 | By early Monday, the standoff had been defused. | ||
| defuse threat | 0.99 | Steve Reed defused the threat when he got Febles to hit into a force play. | ||
| defuse opposition | 0.86 | Clinton sought today to defuse the opposition. | ||
| defuse violence | 0.79 | Mbeki also played a key role in defusing political violence in South Africa. |