Sekirov Dictionary

defuse

/diːˈfjuːz/

verb 2
/dɪˈfjuːz/ verb 1
forms 3

verb2

•
To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
- Shepard: I wear a lot of hats, Mr. Vargas. Some days I shut down criminals. Some days I defuse nukes. Some days I like to enjoy private vices. You understand me? — 2008
•
(figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
- The diplomats are trying to defuse the escalating crisis.

defuse

/dɪˈfjuːz/

verb1

•
(no longer used) To disorder; to make shapeless.
- If but as well I other accents borrow / That can my speech defuse, — 1603

forms

defused · defusing · defuses

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