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DEFUSE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they defuse ... he / she / it defuses
Past simple: defused
Past participle: defused
-ing form: defusing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the triggering device from
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "defuse" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
fuse (equip with a fuse; provide with a fuse)
Derivation:
defusing (the act of deactivating or making ineffective (as a bomb))
