defuse
defuse
Definition
de·fuse (dē fyo̵̅o̅z′, di-)
transitive verb -·fused′, -·fus′·ing
- to remove the fuse or fuze from (a bomb or other explosive device)
- to render harmless
- to make less tense, as by diplomacy
defuse
Usage Examples
Object
- bomb: Say " Bravo defuse bomb " to have someone defuse a bomb.
- tension: Fourth, a weaker dollar might defuse global trade tensions.
- confrontation: Use humor whenever you can: a light-hearted remark can defuse a potentially tense confrontation.
- situation: I will attempt to use humor to defuse the situation.
- crisis: The need, to quote the progress report, to " defuse the identity crisis " is a recent development.
Subject
- officer: A bomb left by the IRA on a platform of the railroad station in Aldershot, England, was defused by explosives officers.
Modifying Another Word
- successfully: Finally he's pushed into revealing the details that he somehow still can recall, which enables the bomb to be successfully defused.
- somewhat: Here, the violence, tho undoubtedly extreme, is somewhat defused by the delirious absurdity of the staging.
- safely: Before leaving he safely defused a land mine, which had started ticking, lodged in the rafters of the Palladium theater in London.
- partially: Initially, the establishment of a Scottish Parliament did partially defuse national tension.
- quickly: The auction will be to defuse quickly repeated the the next generation.
Present participle complement
- grow: It is in a bid to defuse growing resentment from drivers.
Preposition: in
- time: LicK got the kills but couldn't defuse in time.
Preposition: by
- officer: A bomb left by the IRA on a platform of the railroad station in Aldershot, England, was defused by explosives officers.
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