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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  defuse \de*fuse"\ (d[-e]*f[=u]z"), v. t. [Cf. Diffuse.]
     1. To disorder; to make shapeless. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To remove the fuse from; to deactivate (a bomb or other
        explosive device) or make it ineffective.
  
     Syn: deactivate.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     3. To make less dangerous; as, to defuse a tense
        confrontation between demonstrators and police.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Defuse \De*fuse"\, v. t. [Cf. Diffuse.]
     To disorder; to make shapeless. [Obs.] --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  defuse
       v : remove the triggering device from [ant: fuse]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  defuse
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εξουδετερώνω, απογομώνω, αδρανοποιώ (πχ βόμβα, εκρηκτικό μηχανισμό
  κλπ)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  defuse
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or
  hostile.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  defuse
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or
  hostile.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  defuse
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or
  hostile.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  defuse
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove the fuse from (a bomb, etc.).
     2 (lb en transitive figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or
  hostile.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To disorder; to make shapeless.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Defuse /dɪfjˈuːz/
  عطّل