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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
de·fuse 
[dee-fyooz] Pronunciation Key verb, -fused, -fus·ing.
[dee-fyooz] Pronunciation Key verb, -fused, -fus·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to remove the fuze from (a bomb, mine, etc.). |
| 2. | to make less dangerous, tense, or embarrassing: to defuse a potentially ugly situation. |
| 3. | to grow less dangerous; weaken. |
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| de·fuse
(dē-fyōōz') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. de·fused, de·fus·ing, de·fus·es
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Defuse
De*fuse"\, v. t. [Cf. Diffuse.] To disorder; to make shapeless. [Obs.] --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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