defuse

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /diːˈfjuːz/

Verb

defuse (defuses, present participle defusing; past and past participle defused)

1. (transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
2. (transitive) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.

   to defuse a hostage situation

Related terms

• defusion
• defusive
• defuze

Translations

• French: désamorcer
• German: entschärfen
• Italian: disinnescare
• Portuguese: desarmar
• Russian: размини́ровать
• Spanish: desactivar

Translations

• German: entschärfen
• Portuguese: apaziguar, acalmar
• Spanish: apaciguar, calmar

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈfjuːz/

Verb

defuse (defuses, present participle defusing; past and past participle defused)

1. (obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear, I. iv. 2:

     If but as well I other accents borrow / That can my speech defuse,

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