defuse
/diːˈfjuːz/ verb C2- To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
- To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile. · The diplomats are trying to defuse the escalating crisis.· to defuse a hostage situation
He/she/it defuses · Past defused · Past participle defused · -ing form defusing
Verb forms
- Base form
- defuse
- He/she/it
- defuses
- Past
- defused
- Past participle
- defused
- -ing form
- defusing
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