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نزع فتيل التوتر

English translation: defuse the tension

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Arabic term or phrase:نزع فتû@ التوتر
English translation:defuse the tension
Entered by: ena

13:57 Jun 24, 2005
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Journalism
Arabic term or phrase: نزع فتيل التوتر
نزع فتيل التوتر بين البلدين
ena
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 06:03
de-fuse the tension
Explanation:
this is the idiomatic term
Selected response from:

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:03
Grading comment
thanks very much
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5release the tension between the two countries/nations
neuneutek
5 +5de-fuse the tension
Maureen Millington-Brodie
5Remove the tension fuse
AbdulHameed Al Hadidi
5defuse the exploding situation
Mohamed Gaafar
4Remove the match cord of tension/ relaxation of tension
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
نزع فتيل التوتر
release the tension between the two countries/nations


Explanation:
release of tension

neuneutek
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rania KH
30 mins
  -> thanks, Rania
agree  Dina Abdo
1 hr
  -> thanks, AMT
agree  ahmed ismaiel owieda
4 hrs
  -> thanks, Ahmed
agree  Mazyoun
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mazyoun
agree  Saleh Ayyub
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Saleh
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
نزع فتيل التوتر
Remove the tension fuse


Explanation:
Modern journalistic expression. to remove the tension fuse between the two countries.

AbdulHameed Al Hadidi
Local time: 04:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
نزع فتû@ التوتر
de-fuse the tension


Explanation:
this is the idiomatic term

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thanks very much

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aisha Maniar: indeed, but no need for the hyphen, just DEFUSE, or as a title (more context might help), the gerund DEFUSING would work better
7 mins
agree  Hazem Hamdy: And agree with Aisha.
3 hrs
agree  Saleh Ayyub
4 hrs
agree  Awad Balaish
13 hrs
agree  Randa Farhat: agree with Aisha too
1 day 8 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
نزع فتيل التوتر
defuse the exploding situation


Explanation:
hope my memory is still sharp

Mohamed Gaafar
Egypt
Local time: 04:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
نزع فتيل التوتر
Remove the match cord of tension/ relaxation of tension


Explanation:
matchcord is also sometimes called fuse or slow match that ignites explosives.

Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
Local time: 05:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
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