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Meaning defuse meaning

What does defuse mean?

defuse

— verb remove the triggering device from

Synonyms defuse synonyms

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neutralize wind off vent unwind untangle unscramble unroll unravel unpick unload unleash unlade unknot take out take down strike down revoke ravel pull down offload neutralise knock down kill dismantle disassemble disarm decrypt decompress decipher decamp deactivate counteract break off break

Conjugation defuse conjugation

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defuse · verb

Examples defuse examples

How do I use defuse in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom often uses humor to defuse tense situations.
Tom was trying to defuse the bomb when it exploded.
What do you think is the best way to defuse their argument?
What's the safest way to defuse a bomb?
Mary tried to defuse the tension by changing the subject.
Tom was killed instantly when the bomb he was trying to defuse exploded.
Tom tried to defuse the situation.

Movie subtitles

You mean defuse it here?
Then get back to me and I'll tell you how to defuse it.
Just defuse it and then run like hell.
They are under orders to immediately defuse Juggernaut's devices.
How do we defuse the bombs?
Defuse the situation, defuse him.
Press secretary David Townsend reports. that both sides are engaged in frank and earnest talks. aimed at finding ways to defuse the heightening crisis in Berlin.
I'll defuse them when you bring the diamonds back.
Go get that guy to defuse the bomb first.
Please defuse the bomb for us.
If but as well I other accents borrow that can my speech defuse, my good intent may carry through itself to that full issue for which I razed my likeness.
Defuse it.
I have to get down and defuse that detonator.
You come with me to defuse the mine!
But I'll tell you, the only way to defuse a situation like this is to start talking to the terrorists right now.
If used properly, you can defuse any danger you face, and avoid the sin of killing.
I'll defuse you!
No, don't defuse me!
A lot of people, including you, including Mademoiselle Berringer and even including my superiors have had the attitude that anyone can defuse a mine.
By the time we're through, you'll be able to defuse mines in your sleep.
Soon be sending down our naval divers to defuse the mines.
This business with the three things we'll expose them, we'll defuse them.
Dr. Yuan, I'll be the nurse to follow you in. I'll defuse it.
If only I could get hold of that atomic seed device I-I might be able to defuse it.
Do not proceed. Impossible to defuse.
Then defuse them!
Defuse the situation, defuse him. Let him get away.
If Verini's out, I'll tell you how to defuse the bombs.
Candy meade can defuse that.
But you'll only have five seconds to defuse the bombs.
Defuse it, Sir!
If anyone knows how to defuse it, best get it over with.
Can we get inside, defuse it? - Negative.
The message said any attempt to defuse the probe.
I had to defuse the situation.
Look, I can defuse the rockets.

News and current affairs

But, if the eurozone is to survive and prosper beyond the current crisis, it will also need comprehensive structural reforms to boost internal labor mobility and defuse the pressures caused by economic adjustment among nations and regions.
If so, the foundation for a real dialogue to defuse the struggle over Kashmir may be possible.
Georgia has tried to defuse tensions over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but Russia accuses Georgia of aggression and ethnic cleansing.
Some initiatives would tackle inequality directly; others would defuse some of the forces that drive it.
The internecine rivalries that began in earnest last November between fighters from Zawiya and Warshefana, and among Tripoli's various factions, will be difficult to defuse, as the thowar (revolutionaries) have refused repeated calls by the NTC to disarm.
None of the three countries has yet found a stable institutional solution that can defuse intensifying internal tensions and respond effectively to popular demands.
The strategy worked well, and helped defuse Islamic opposition to the wrenching changes that accompanied the country's rapid economic modernization.
To defuse the protests, President Jacques Chirac was forced to withdraw the provision, and instead has proposed hiring subsidies as a way to reduce youth joblessness.
The danger, of course, is that if and when confrontation comes - over Bolivia, the FTAA, human rights, or press freedoms - it will be too late to defuse it.
We hope that the G-20 leaders will think systemically at Cannes, and act nationally and cooperatively to defuse the global credit glut minefield.
And they should seek to calm anger and defuse outrage, which can be a serious threat to liberal democracy.
Behind the scenes, the Asian powers can help to defuse the crises in Darfur, North Korea, Myanmar, and elsewhere.
But with the WTO stuck in drift and deadlock over the past few years, there is a race to secure preferential access to the markets of the major powers, and to defuse trade tension by locking into strong bilateral and regional partnerships.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos tried to defuse the issue by first ascertaining whether the Cubans actually wanted to be invited.
Indeed, most governments - particularly in Europe, Japan, and the US - have the tools they need to defuse the rising tensions and, in the process, unleash their economies' productive potential.
Since this is designed to defuse an exceptional crisis, it would not become a precedent that encourages frivolous attacks on Latin America's democratically elected governments.
Moreover, with a real prospect of joining Europe, Turkey would be better placed to defuse actual and potential tensions between Europe and the Middle East.
Perhaps we should defuse the threats posed by a surveillance society by having an annual day of amnesty.
But, to avoid a cataclysm, the US and its allies must defuse the bomb by enforcing the provisions of the 2005 CPA, which they all endorsed.
Reforms to defuse the crisis are needed.
Harvard's Ezra Vogel, while not sparing China from his prescriptions, recently mapped some strategies by which Japan could defuse historical issues.
These are the real factors driving the confrontation that the Vienna negotiations are meant to defuse over the next six months.
Until then, we must do our best to defuse the nuclear time bomb together.
But China's public failure to distance itself from the North's military provocations has undermined its credibility in efforts to defuse the crisis.
It is time for the US to recognize that it cannot resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, defuse the Iranian nuclear dispute, change North Korea's behavior, or stop the Syrian civil war on its own.

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