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defuse

Pronunciation: /diːˈfjuːz/

The English word “defuse” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
  2. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
  3. To disorder; to make shapeless.

Etymology

From de- + fuse.

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