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In some senses, defuse is marked as figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
defuse
UK /diːˈfjuːz/ US /diːˈfjuːz/
verb 3
Definitions
verb
1
To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb).
Shepard: I wear a lot of hats, Mr. Vargas. Some days I shut down criminals. Some days I defuse nukes. Some days I like to enjoy private vices. You understand me?
2
To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
to defuse a hostage situation
In recent months, those tactics have come to include defensive maneuvers aimed at defusing the media counteroperations of the United States and its allies.
verb
1
To disorder; to make shapeless.
If but as well I other accents borrow / That can my speech defuse,
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