Both Uses of
diffuse
in
The Lords of Discipline
- Yet even then humor remained the one legitimate response to diffuse the horror of those weekly reports from the front.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- It was visible from where we sat on the stairway, illuminated by a soft, diffuse light from the street.†
Chpt 4.45
Definition:
to spread; or to soften or calm
or:
to be spread out (not concentrated) -- sometimes implying a lack of organization
or:
to be spread out (not concentrated) -- sometimes implying a lack of organization