to defuse a crisis

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• crisis — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, grave, major, serious, severe, terrible, worst ▪ the worst economic crisis for fifty years ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• crisis — n. 1) to cause, precipitate, provoke, stir up a crisis 2) to aggravate a crisis 3) to avert, forestall a crisis 4) to defuse, overcome, settle a crisis; to ride out a crisis 5) an acute, grave, serious; impending; mounting crisis 6) a cabinet;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• crisis — cri|sis W2S2 [ˈkraısıs] n plural crises [ si:z] [U and C] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: Greek krisis decision , from krinein; CRITERION] 1.) a situation in which there are a lot of problems that must be dealt with quickly so that the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• defuse — transitive verb Date: 1943 1. to remove the fuse from (as a mine or bomb) 2. to make less harmful, potent, or tense < defuse the crisis > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Crisis política en Tailandia en 2008-2009 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Manifestantes en Bangkok el 26 de agosto de 2008 con una gran pancarta crítica con imágenes de Thaksin Shinawatra y su esposa. El Primer Ministro, Samak Sundaravej, era acusado de ser una continuación del gobierno de …   Wikipedia Español

• defuse — defuse, diffuse It is surprising how often diffuse (correctly = to disperse) is used for defuse in its figurative meaning ‘to remove tension or potential danger from (a crisis, etc.)’. Examples of this wrong use are: • An early cut in base rates …   Modern English usage

• defuse — de|fuse [ˌdi:ˈfju:z] v [T] 1.) to improve a difficult or dangerous situation, for example by making people less angry or by dealing with the causes of a problem defuse a situation/crisis/row etc ▪ Beth s quiet voice helped to defuse the situation …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• defuse — verb (T) 1 to improve a difficult or dangerous situation, for example by making people less angry or by dealing with the causes of a problem: We believe that greater economic stability might defuse the current crisis. | defuse tension/anger/fears …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• crisis */*/*/ — UK [ˈkraɪsɪs] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms crisis : singular crisis plural crises UK [ˈkraɪsiːz] / US [ˈkraɪˌsɪz] 1) a) an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation financial/economic/political crisis: a period of… …   English dictionary

• crisis — cri|sis [ kraısıs ] (plural cri|ses [ kraı,siz ] ) noun count or uncount *** 1. ) an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation: financial/economic/political crisis: a period of economic crisis defuse/resolve/solve a crisis: Talks have so far… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• defuse — verb Defuse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bomb, ↑crisis, ↑situation, ↑tension …   Collocations dictionary