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Defuse   Listen
verb
defuse  v. t.  
1.
To disorder; to make shapeless. (Obs.)
2.
To remove the fuse from; to deactivate (a bomb or other explosive device) or make it ineffective.
Synonyms: deactivate.
3.
To make less dangerous; as, to defuse a tense confrontation between demonstrators and police.





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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.


Words linked to "Defuse" :   fuse, take away, defusing


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