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 Definitions of defuse  [ˈfyuz]  

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Definition of 'defuse' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) defuse
to remove the fuze from (a bomb, mine, etc.).

2.  defuse
to make less dangerous, tense, or embarrassing:
to defuse a tense situation.

Etymology:  (1940–45)

Definition of 'defuse' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) defuse
remove the triggering device from


Definition of 'defuse' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) defuse
to disorder; to make shapeless


Translation of 'defuse' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to remove the fuse from (a bomb etc).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onskadelik maak/ stel, on Arabic flag Arabic: يَنْزَع الفَتيل، يُبْطِل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: обезвреждам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desativar Czech flag Czech: zneškodnit German flag German: entschärfen
Danish flag Danish: desarmere Greek flag Greek: εξουδετερώνω (π.χ. βόμβα) Spanish flag Spanish: desactivar
Estonian flag Estonian: (pommi) kahjutuks tegema Farsi flag Farsi: چاشنی کشیدن؛ خنثی کردن Finnish flag Finnish: purkaa
French flag French: désamorcer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְנַטרֵל פְּצָצָה Hindi flag Hindi: किसी बम इत्यादि का फ्यूज
Croatian flag Croatian: deaktivirati, skinuti upa Hungarian flag Hungarian: hatástalanít Indonesian flag Indonesian: menjinakkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gera sprengjuóvirka Italian flag Italian: disinnescare Japanese flag Japanese: 信管を取り除く
Korean flag Korean: 신관을 제거하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išimti detonatorių Latvian flag Latvian: noņemt [] detonatoru
Malay flag Malay: menanggalkan fius Dutch flag Dutch: demonteren Norwegian flag Norwegian: uskadeliggjøre, desarmere
Polish flag Polish: rozbrajać Persian flag Persian: چاشنی کشیدن؛ خنثی کردن Pashto flag Pashto: بر طرف کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desactivar Romanian flag Romanian: a dezamorsa Russian flag Russian: снимать взрыватель
Slovak flag Slovak: zneškodniť Slovenian flag Slovenian: odstraniti vžigalnik Serbian flag Serbian: deaktivirati
Swedish flag Swedish: desarmera Thai flag Thai: ปลดชนวนระเบิด Turkish flag Turkish: etkisiz hale getirmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 去掉(炸彈等的)導火線 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: виймати запал; розряджати Urdu flag Urdu: کسی بم وغیرہ کا فیوز الگ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tháo ngòi nổ Chinese flag Chinese: 去掉(炸弹等的)导火线

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