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diffused

adjective as in scattered

adjective as in uttered

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Now it does get diffused in the end, after the sheriffs come in and convince the young guys to go home.

From Salon

Although some protesters threw small stones, water bottles, and sticks over the gate at helmeted police officers, the tension quickly diffused when police reinforcements arrived and flanked the protesters on both sides, pushing them back beyond the iron gate and arresting the few people who did not comply.

From Slate

The money silenced any immediate argument about donor support while the memes proactively diffused the attacks that the Trump campaign is already launching on Harris’ vice presidency and public persona.

Of course there are still parades of contention, but this situation has by-in-large been completely diffused.

From BBC

Chicago Sky security staff diffused a situation Wednesday when a man confronted the players, specifically guard Chennedy Carter, as they were getting off a bus outside a Washington, D.C. hotel, general manager Jeff Pagliocca said Wednesday night.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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