DEFUSE


Meaning of DEFUSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (ˌ)dē-ˈfyüz ]

transitive verb

Date: 1943

1. : to remove the fuse from (as a mine or bomb)

2. : to make less harmful, potent, or tense

defuse the crisis

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.