Defuse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /diːˈfjuːz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Defuse is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
Meaning
(transitive) To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
More Meanings
- (transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
- (obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.
Example Sentences
to defuse a hostage situation
If but as well I other accents borrow / That can my speech defuse,
In recent months, those tactics have come to include defensive maneuvers aimed at defusing the media counteroperations of the United States and its allies.
Defying this, Western queer culture actively defuses from cisnormative values, yet in so doing may also fuse with their new, queernormative value constructs.
Word Forms
- defuses
- defusing
- defused
- defuze
Antonyms for defuse
Common opposites include fuse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include remove, dispel, disarm, dissipate, eliminate, dissolve.
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