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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dee-fyooz |
| Phonetic Transcription : diˈfyuz |
Definition of defuse
Origin :- 1943, from de- + fuse. Related: Defused; defusing.
- verb disarm; smooth over
- So we had our people in Gdynia defuse the thing after it was put on board the ship, but otherwise leave it entirely alone.
- Extract from : « One-Shot » by James Benjamin Blish
- At one base I was waiting when they wheeled in a stretcher with the remains of an Englishman who had been trying to defuse a bomb.
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson
- The stem of the black alder of this country before mentioned as arriving to great size, is simply branching and defuse.
- Extract from : « The Journals of Lewis and Clark » by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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