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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

defuse
    v 1: remove the triggering device from [ant: fuse]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

Thesaurus Results for defuse:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

allay, appease, calm, conciliate, cool, dulcify, lay, lay the dust, mollify, pacify, placate, pour balm on, propitiate, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, soothe, tranquilize

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