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Defuse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To remove the fuse from (an explosive device).

v. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile: a diplomatic move that defused the international crisis.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).

v. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.

v. To disorder; to make shapeless.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To disorder; to make shapeless.

v. To remove the fuse from; to deactivate (a bomb or other explosive device) or make it ineffective.

v. To make less dangerous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

etc. See diffuse, etc.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. remove the triggering device from

Word Usage

"One expert who was a chemical weapons specialist with the U.S. government says malls in the U.S. and elsewhere are susceptible to what he calls a defuse threat."

Verb Form

defused defuses defusing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

remove take withdraw take away

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

disorder

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Chartreuse Cruz Druse Druze Hughes