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defuze

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de⋅fuze

  [dee-fyooz]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -fuzed, -fuz⋅ing.
defuse.
Related forms:
de⋅fuz⋅er, noun

de⋅fuse

  [dee-fyooz] verb, -fused, -fus⋅ing.
–verb (used with 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.
–verb (used without object)
3. to grow less dangerous; weaken.
Also, defuze.

Origin:
1940–45; de- + fuse 1

Related forms:
de⋅fus⋅er, noun
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