diffuses

Sometimes, just the right turn of phrase diffuses such a situation.

English-writing Israeli-bloggers 2008

Maybe it kind of diffuses the fact of someone talking about fear and having that in their faces, but the way it’s put together is kind of…fun.

Buzzine » Ariel Erestingcol 2007

She said that the beeswax crust "diffuses a honey taste without the sweetness."

The Illusionist of French Gastronomy Christina Passariello 2011

Off the hall is the Light Gallery, an 18-foot square room that looks like a glowing cube from the outside, as sunlight diffuses first through translucent film within the glass and then through white stretched fabric 6 feet below the ceiling.

Shocking in the Suburbs Nancy Keates 2011

It kind of diffuses the small talk and you can go on hikes with artists and talk about what trends there are in the art world.

In Aspen, Bringing Winter Into Summer Marshall Heyman 2011

Accurate information -- the spouse was engaged in some perfectly innocent activity -- diffuses the distrust, but the calm lasts only until the next bout of insecurity.

Esther Perel: An Affair To Remember: What Happens In Couples After Someone Cheats? Part One Esther Perel 2010

Rainbow's emergence could not be more timely: in quick succession, the force diffuses three attempted terrorist actions.

Heroes or Villains? 2010

I think that when you acknowledge a previously unknown someone as family, as being loved (desperately) by a member of your family, then that love and loss and hope diffuses through others in the family, as well.

Lost | Her Bad Mother 2009

Truvia also contains erythritol, a calorie-free sugar alcohol that diffuses the sweet taste across the palate and helps make the crystals.

Bracing for the Fake Sugar Rush Anne Marie Chaker 2012

"Remember that fragrance rises and it diffuses as it rises," she says.

Change in Weather, Change in Perfume Choices 2011