• Defuse

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /diːˈfjuːz/
    • Rhymes: -uːz

    Origin 1

    Verb

    1. To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
    2. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /dɪˈfjuːz/
    • Rhymes: -uːz
    • Homophones: diffuse

    Origin 2

    Compare diffuse.

    Full definition of defuse

    Verb

    1. (obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.
      • 1605, William Shakespeare, , I. iv. 2:If but as well I other accents borrow
        That can my speech defuse,
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