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Defuse   /dɪfjˈuz/   Listen
Defuse

verb
1.
Remove the triggering device from.  Antonym: fuse.






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"Defuse" Quotes from Famous Books



... government completed. The new president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.



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