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defuse
[dee-fyooz]
verb (used with object)
to remove the fuze from (a bomb, mine, etc.).
to make less dangerous, tense, or embarrassing.
to defuse a potentially ugly situation.
verb (used without object)
to grow less dangerous; weaken.
defuse
/ 徱ːˈː /
verb
to remove the triggering device of (a bomb, etc)
to remove the cause of tension from (a crisis, etc)
Confusables Note
Other 51Թ Forms
- defuser noun
Example Sentences
And his decision to do so immediately defused any tension there might have been as a result of the incident.
Noem, of course, could have said something in the moment to defuse the situation.
He added he was attempting to "defuse that situation" and said he had appealed for calm in his statement.
The German city of Cologne is evacuating some 20,500 people from a large area in the city centre so experts can defuse three unexploded bombs from World War Two.
He transparently believes he’d have gotten along smashingly with Hitler and Stalin, and it’s a shame he wasn’t around to help defuse World War II and the Cold War.
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