diffused

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

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.

“He’s sort of like a mini-bulldog out there,” Roberts said, noting how — like Hershiser — Stone only seemed to seek strikeouts when runners were on base, or a jam needed to be diffused.

“Or other instances, in which their power has been so diffused among many districts for them so that it denies them the opportunity to exercise that power.”