DEFUSE


Meaning of DEFUSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di:fju:z ]

( defuses, defusing, defused)

1.

If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it.

The organization helped defuse potentially violent situations...

VERB : V n

2.

If someone defuses a bomb, they remove the fuse so that it cannot explode.

Police have defused a bomb found in a building in London.

VERB : V n

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